Anna Ream is a photographer who explores the dynamics of personal and social identities, community, and belonging using a range of visual approaches that include documentary, portraiture, conceptual, and still life photography. She was a Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist in 2025 and 2023, and her work has been exhibited internationally and featured on websites including Lenscratch, TODAY.com, and The Daily Mail.
She is faculty and a board member at Photographic Center NW in Seattle, WA. Her commitment to photographic education and community building reflects the collaborative spirit that permeates her artistic practice, where family and community are not merely subjects but integral threads woven throughout her creative process.
Exhibitions & Honors
2025
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist
Broadway x Union, Stoup Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA
Photogravure Showcase concurrent with Fringe Practice, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
The Union Projection Project, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA
2023
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist
CENTER Santa Fe Juried Portfolio Review Participant, Santa Fe, NM
2022
17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, honorable mention (Women Seen by Women), Barcelona, Spain
This is Essential Work, online exhibition juried by Michal Nahman (UWE, Bristol), Susan Newman (Open University) and Yuko Edwards
2021
Collective Vision, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
Inside Out: A Group Exhibition by the Push/Pull Artist Collective, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
2018
Push/Pull, Gallery Frames, Seattle, WA
2017
Notions of Home, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA, curated by Michelle Dunn Marsh
2016
Comfort Objects, Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR [Solo Exhibition]
2015
Family Matters, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, juried by Ann Jastrab
Portraiture: Expression and Gesture, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Online Gallery Annex, juried by Karen Haas
KIDS (Not Cute), Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York, NY, juried by Harvey Stein
Shooting with Intention, students from Aline Smithson’s workshop, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2014
Elevate: Selections from Blue Sky’s Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, The Arlington Club, Portland, OR
Blue Sky’s Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers 2014, Blue Sky, the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR
Thesis Exhibition, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA
2013
Our Lives… Fleeting Timelines, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, curated by Keeara Rhoades
Musings: PCNW 18th Annual Photo Competition, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, juried by John A. Bennette
Comfort Objects, Studio F, Seattle, WA
Online & Print Publications
2024
Whispering Shadows, Float Photo Magazine, Online Exhibition, Jan
2021
The Luupe, “100 Visions of Motherhood“, May 5
2019
Eltern family magazine (Germany), “Seelentröster”, Feb
2015
Libelle, “Lief: kinderen op de foto met hun grootste bezit”, (Netherlands), Jan 13
Yahoo Parenting, “Children Photographed with Their Most Prized Possessions”, Jan 12
A+, “Artist Captures Kids With Objects That Substitute The Mother-Child Bond”, Jan 12
Slate Behold, “Children Photographed With Their Most Prized Possessions”, Jan 11
2014
Mic News, “Heartwarming Photo Series Breaks the Stereotype That Kids Are Tech-Obsessed”, Nov 17
Essential Kids (Australia), “Kids photographed with their comfort objects”, Oct 16
Babycenter, Oct 16
Nene Leon (Spain), “Objetos de apego e infancia. Un proyecto fotografico de Anna Ream”, Oct 14
ilPost (Italy), “Bambini, peluche e coperte di Linus” Oct 11
TODAY.com, “Photographer captures bond between kids and their beloved ‘Comfort Objects'”, Oct 6
Lenscratch, “Anna Ream: Comfort Objects”, Sept 29
Faculty | Photographic Center NW
2025
Photography II: Digital | Fall, Spring & Winter Quarters
Nurturance & Ambition: Motherhood in Photography | Winter Quarter (co-instructor)
Crafting Your Ongoing Project | Summer
Creative Digital Photography for Teens | Summer
2024
Photography II: Digital | Fall & Spring Quarters
Crafting Your Ongoing Project | Summer
2023
Photography I: Digital | Fall and Spring Quarters
Creative Digital Photography for Teens | Summer
2022
Nurturance & Ambition: Motherhood in Photography | Fall Quarter (co-instructor)
Creative Digital Photography for Teens | Summer
2021
Creative Portrait Photography for Teens | Summer
2019
Street Photography for Teens | Summer
Education
Photographic Center Northwest, Graduate of The Certificate Program in Fine Art Photography, Seattle, WA
Wellesley College, Bachelor of Arts, Wellesley, MA, Cum Laude, Dual major in English and Religion