Biography:
My given name is "Stacy," which comes from "Anastasia." Several years ago a dear Ukranian friend decided to call me "Anastasia," or "Nastia" for short, it stuck and I prefer it to my given name. I will answer to all three, but all my friends call me Anastasia or Nastia.
I grew up somewhere in east Tennessee, where I studied fine art and graphic design at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, then went on to work in television news (WDEF-TV 12) and video post-production (Tel-A-Train) as a graphic artist. I have since lived on a 90-year old sailing barge in London, owned a ghost tour company in New Orleans, started a scooter club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and currently reside in San Diego, CA with my husband, a Navy officer, and our three dogs, Muppet, Dougal, and Guinevere. I am a freelance graphic artist and photographer.
Technique:
My cameras of choice are a Nikon FM2 and a Chinese Holga medium format for film and Nikon D-100 and D-200 for digital. I use many films, but my preference for black and white is usually Ilford HP5 Plus. I will sometimes process my own film, or have them processed at a professional black and white photo shop. Many of my older photographs were printed using the traditional wet darkroom using trays, with Ilford or Agfa papers, and Ilford and Kodak chemicals.
Now I use mostly digital methods, including scanning negatives to digitise them for manipulation, retouching and printing.
For digital and scanned film, I use Macintosh computers for retouching and an Epson 4800 with archival inks for printing. For papers, I use acid-free fine art papers like Epson's beautiful Velvet Fine Art paper, or a selection of different papers from Legion and Arches Infinity. I'm always experimenting, always learning.
The prints are matted and framed to high standards by my husband who uses museum-quality acid-free mats, he cuts and paints the wood for framing. We also protect the photos with preservation UV glass, for pictures that will be enjoyed for decades to come.
Shows and Experience-Graphic Design & Photography:
Photography (Exhibitions & Clients):
Tulsa, Oklahoma--
Apertures Photo and Gallery
Blue Moon Bakery & Café
Tulsa Artists' Coalition Gallery
Portland, Maine--
Bow Wow Sophistique
Uffa Restaurant
The Kitchen Restaurant
Casco Bay Gallery
The Crooked Mile Café
Benkay Sushi Bar & Restaurant
Blue Note Bar
Tennessee--
Uzio Gallery
Association for Visual Artists exhibitions
Clients (Design and Photography):
Portland, Maine--
Benkay Sushi Bar & Restaurant
Bow Wow Sophistique
New Orleans, Louisiana--
The New Orleans Ghost Tour
OffBeat Magazine
Three-Dog Bakery
Hospitality Enterprises
The Bombay Club
LunaGraphx is the name of my graphic design and photography company. My motto is "Design for Fun" because that's the kind of design I want to spend my life doing. Life's too short for conservative, boring, corporate design. I want to have fun!
