Meet Hayley Rippy

Today we’d like to introduce you to Hayley Rippy.

Every artist has a unique story. Can you briefly walk us through yours?
I have always like to make art of any type, in 2012 I started making photos too seriously and professionally. As a senior, I began as a freelance portrait photographer mainly shooting school portraits, families, fine art/studio. After high school, I got hired at a studio as a photographer/digital editor which lasted less than a year before I quit and made my own business cards. I have also always had a huge interest in music, not playing, but experiencing. I started to take photos at local shows of bands I liked or of friends bands shortly after. I became obsessed with live photography. I would email bands, managers, venues. Basically, anyone who I thought could get me a photo pass, so that I could get a little bit closer to getting frame-worthy images. In 2013, I got hired at The Nile Theatre to be their event photographer and would take live photos and portraits of some of the acts that would come through. I have since been able to meet so many people and make so many connections with other artists, fans, bands, crews, ect., which I am so grateful for every single one of them. I now tour all over with bands as their tour manager, this position has supplied me with more opportunity to take photos and to experience in the world in a way I could have ever imagined. Since my start as a photographer, my style and way of doing things have changed entirely. Starting out, I would mainly shoot all digital spending a lot of time post-processing. I now shoot only film and spend absolutely no time editing or post-processing from digital to analog. I have been developing and processing 100% of all of my film since 2017, and I never want that to change.

Please tell us about your art.
I love to make images on film. I love to experiment with different double exposures techniques and filters. I try and keep my images colorful and uninterrupted. I want to capture what happened, but in a little bit of a retro hue of light. When I take photos of bands or musicians, I try and have the same tone or mood to my images that they had either in their production or in what they are conveying, almost matching. I want to memorialize the show in the best way possible. I want to represent the band in what I think is the best possible way via film. Something to know about my photos is that I have only used one film camera for all of my images. It was my parents, and they damaged it making incidental light leaks on every roll, my mom gave it to me when I was a teenager and its the only one I have ever wanted to use. When people view my photos, I just want them to feel.

Choosing a creative or artistic path comes with many financial challenges. Any advice for those struggling to focus on their artwork due to financial concerns?
Finding a balance for both work and passions are always hard, but when they coincide it’s actual magic and shouldn’t be taken for granted.

How or where can people see your work? How can people support your work?
I have a website where I show most of my work and update monthly. Anyone is free to request prints of any sort from almost any of my posts.

I am also apart of the collective: To The Front and have art shows all over the U.S. We will be having a pop-up in Phoenix on Sat. Feb 2nd at The Trunk Space for Desert Trash.

Contact Info:

• Website: hayleyrippy.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: hayley_rippy

 
Image Credit:
Hayley Rippy

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