Angela Tayler
Visual storyteller
I am an African American portrait photographer. My heritage has always been an inspiration, and its influence can be seen across my work.
Made with patience and purpose, these photographs are meant to be held, revisited, and passed down—because after twenty years behind the camera, I know what lasts isn’t perfection, but feeling.
Timeless Style
Over the past 20 years, I have had the pleasure of collaborating with the National YoungArts Foundation, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (Youth Media Summit), the Music Center’s Spotlight Awards Program, Boston University’s College of Communication, the Bunche Center for African American Studies (UCLA), as well as the Laband Art Gallery (Loyola Marymount University). During my time as a 2020-21 Artist in Residence at the Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts, I worked with K-12 students to explore topics involving the history of Los Angeles, identity, & kinship. Since then, I’ve earned a double MA in Education —deepening my belief in mentorship, care, and the importance of guiding youth with intention.
Two Decades of Experience
My photographs are made with patience and purpose — created to be held, revisited, and passed down through generations, reminiscent of my introduction(s) to the craft and to (re)memory. Considering that multiple truths can coexist, I continually question self-fashioning, combatting the notion of a single story in my work as a photographer. My work is shaped by years of archival research — studying how images survive, how they’re preserved, and why certain photographs continue to matter long after they’re made. I photograph with detail, and that future, in mind.
