My work addresses the themes of distortion, repetition, and sense of self. I have always disliked having my photo taken, even as a little kid. However, as a global pandemic took away my ability to photograph friends and family, I was forced to use the only material available: myself. Through various approaches to self-portraiture, I have not only become increasingly curious about my self-presentation, but also of where I fit into this world. Whether in regard to my femininity or my generation, I hope to examine how society has placed me into this space that I am in. Hopefully, I can even critique that structure, as well. My most recent work, empowerment, seeks to comment on how capitalist society targets women under a guise of helping them. I then aim to flip that notion back on its head through leading the viewer to places of actual empowerment for women.

Megan Callahan is a photographer from the suburbs of the greater Seattle area. She is currently studying both Photo/Media and Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle. She fell in love with photography in high school when her school first offered it as a class, and she has not put the camera down since. Through the encouragement of several teachers and mentors over the years, she has explored various subjects ranging from landscapes to architecture to photojournalism to portraiture. Megan has worked as both a photojournalist for UW’s newspaper, The Daily, and as a freelance photographer. She is unsure of where the future will take her. But she hopes that wherever she ends up, she is still able to combine her love of communication and photography.