About Lisa Fanning

Born in Cincinnati, OH in 1967 to poet parents, Lisa was destined to become an artist who sees poetry in everyday life and captures it visually through her lens.
Lisa specializes in fine art and street photography. She has photographed the Presidents of the United States and Mali (official photographer in Washington in 2008) and has had her work purchased by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for their permanent art collection. Her work is also part of the permanent art collection of The Historical Society of Washington, DC. Her image on homelessness "Resting Place" won a Juror Award in 2008. Recent highlights of her photography career include having her work selected for a 2016 international juried photography exhibition at the Site: Brooklyn Gallery in New York City and being featured as a guest culture and arts blogger for Icelandic based Nordic Style Magazine.