Ayano Hisa

Ayano Hisa is a photographer living and working in New York, NY since 2009. Her expertise is to capture actions and emotions of people's lives and events. Her business clients include United Nations, Newport Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, and major US corporations, among many others. She is also a 2013 fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts. She has received several grants and awards including the Artist Grant from GBFund and the Architectural Photographer of the Year 2012 from the International Photography Awards. Ayano was born and raised in Saitama, Japan. Her father, a jewelry designer and mother, an art-lover, exposed her to the arts and music from early age. One of the precious art-related experiences her parents gave her when she was young was a trip to France, to see the exact location of Langlois Bridge at Arles by Vincent Van Gogh. Although she did not realize her interest in art at early age, the passion her parents have always had towards art grew in her as she became older. As soon as moving to USA, she decided to travel across the country by Greyhound bus, camera in hand, and explored the history of American music. She received a BFA in Professional Photographic Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2006 and a MFA in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2009. Her website is https://ayanohisaphoto.com Specialties: Camera Formats; Film Photography (4x5/120mm/6x7/35mm), Digital Photography, Photographic Lighting, Graphic Design, Videography, Adobe Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator/Lightroom/Dreamweaver/Premier Pro/Audition, BorisFX Mocha, WordPress.org, Photographic Printing (Digital/ Black & White/ Color Darkroom/ Digital C), Color Management, Flim Scanning (Imacon/ Epson), MS Word (English typing/ Japanese Typing)