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Biography

Gaye Hilsenrath moved to Boston after completing a degree in social work from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook. Uncertain of her career path, she started photographing while working closely with a vocational therapist. Shortly thereafter, she received a grant for her documentary project, "Voices of Freedom: Reflections on a New Life."

This compilation of black and white portraits of new immigrants who had fled persecution was combined with the subjects' handwritten texts, often in their native languages, about their new lives in America. Fascinated by ethnicity, culture, languages and the human condition, this was the perfect project for a curious, budding photographer. She knew that she had found her calling.

Over the years, Gaye's work has evolved. She has photographed for a wide array of clients including the New York Times, The United Way, Elderhostel. Her favorite published photo essays include stories on Cambodians in Boston, a Druze wedding in Israel, the Bolivian Altiplano and Ecuadorean markets.

Today Gaye documents lifecycle events such as weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, and creates both environmental and studio portraits, primarily for private clients. An avid traveler, hiker, walker and meditator who practices yoga, she opened Natural Exposures Photography in April, 2004 in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Please visit the Gallery of Photos to see Gaye's work.

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