Courtenay Morgan Redis

USA: East Coast
PO Box 98
New York, NY 10163

USA: West Coast
PO Box 5596
Berkeley, CA 94705

Mobile:
510.541.3253

Courtenay moved from suburban New York to Northern California after graduating from the University of Notre Dame, where she earned dual degrees in Anthropology and Theology.

Working with low-income women in a transitional housing program, called Oakland Elizabeth House, gave Courtenay the opportunity to photograph on a daily basis. The families received what were, for some, the first photographs they had of their families, and Courtenay was able to begin to archive the stories of the women and children who lived there from 1994-2004.

Beginning with an internship as an assistant to fine-art photographer Elizabeth Opalenik, Courtenay shifted full-time to photography (okay, and some time teaching spinning classes at local gyms to help pay the rent). Freelance work includes features for local weekly and monthly papers in the Bay Area, photographing weddings and portraits and a summer internship with the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. in 2006 she moved back to New York to study at the International Center of Photography's graduate program in documentary photojournalism. Courtenay continues to love to photograph, document, listen to stories and have a good time while doing it, when able!