I first became smitten with photography at age 13. My beloved paternal grandmother gave me a point & shoot camera to keep me busy on my first overseas excursion to Argentina.
 
This love for photography was deepened later in life at age 19 when I began studying Fine Art Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson.  

I received the Todd Walker Award for photography http://personal.riverusers.com/~jdf/todd_walker/scholarship.html as well as the Albert and Kathryn Haldeman Award for photography from the University of Arizona and volunteered at The Center for Creative Photography: www.creativephotography.org where I helped organize the archives of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston & Garry Winogrand.

At age 25, I continued my quest for learning about art & photography at Bennington College in Bennington, VT, where I spent two years working towards & completing an MFA.
 
I find joy in capturing candid & whimsical moments. As well as addressing the physical & symbolic interplay between lightness & darkness, in its endless forms.
 
I currently live with my dapper husband & two daughters in Seattle, Washington, where I work as a freelance & art photographer.
 
Martha Sue Harris, a wonderful influence and friend, designed this website. You can view her freelance portfolio at: www.marthasue.net/portfolio as well as her Fine Art at: www.marthasue.net.

You can also view Alina’s Flickr stream at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alinahyoung/