Michaelynn Vandiver

Michaelynn was born in Houston, Texas to a family of artists and designers. She studied art history and photography in Austin & at the Art Institute of Houston with the hopes of traveling the world and becoming a nature & music photographer. She became a fixture and photographer of the Austin & Houston music scene and then moved to Los Angeles in the late 90’s. There she began working in the music business photographing many musicians and celebrities as well as photographing behind the scenes, stills & brand work for popular tv shows and movies for Fox Broadcasting. After leaving LA and the music business behind, Michaelynn spent some time living in England and Ireland where she worked independently capturing the history and the stories of the areas she traveled. Before her move here to Costa Rica, Michaelynn spent the last 15 years living in the Florida Keys. There she opened a thriving wedding and lifestyle photography studio. After Hurricane Irma hit the islands in 2017 and the entire island chain was shut down, she decided to learn a new medium altogether. She had always been interested in metalsmithing and she signed up with the London Jewellry School. Her love of silversmithing and jewelry making began. In early 2021, Michaelynn and her family moved to Costa Rica to open a B&B. She now has come full circle in her photography business as she is now able to fulfill her long time dream of photographing nature and the wild animals in her own backyard. As a self proclaimed student of life, she feels that her art, however it manifests itself, is her way of sharing the stories that she has experienced in her life and through her travels. Each piece is unique and tells its own story. Her art evokes a time and a place where she has been or hopes to be and it brings her great joy to share this with others.
Michaelynn was born in Houston, Texas to a family of artists and designers. She studied art history and photography in Austin & at the Art Institute of Houston with the hopes of traveling the world and becoming a nature & music photographer.

She became a fixture and photographer of the Austin & Houston music scene and then moved to Los Angeles in the late 90’s. There she began working in the music business photographing many musicians and celebrities as well as photographing behind the scenes, stills & brand work for popular tv shows and movies for Fox Broadcasting.

After leaving LA and the music business behind, Michaelynn spent some time living in England and Ireland where she worked independently capturing the history and the stories of the areas she traveled.

Before her move here to Costa Rica, Michaelynn spent the last 15 years living in the Florida Keys. There she opened a thriving wedding and lifestyle photography studio. After Hurricane Irma hit the islands in 2017 and the entire island chain was shut down, she decided to learn a new medium altogether. She had always been interested in metalsmithing and she signed up with the London Jewellry School. Her love of silversmithing and jewelry making began.

In early 2021, Michaelynn and her family moved to Costa Rica to open a B&B. She now has come full circle in her photography business as she is now able to fulfill her long time dream of photographing nature and the wild animals in her own backyard.

As a self proclaimed student of life, she feels that her art, however it manifests itself, is her way of sharing the stories that she has experienced in her life and through her travels. Each piece is unique and tells its own story. Her art evokes a time and a place where she has been or hopes to be and it brings her great joy to share this with others. 

 

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