nichole pricha
photographer in
northeast ks
and
beyond
“We are all just walking each other home” - Ram Daas
For what is already there.
There is a lot of photography that asks people to perform.
Smile here. Stand there. Recreate this. Make it look like the photograph.
That's never been particularly interesting to me.
I'm much more interested in what happens when people have enough room to be themselves — when the pose falls away, when someone forgets the camera is there, when the thing worth photographing happens almost by accident.
That's where I tend to find the good stuff.
The expression that only belongs to you.
The way your family moves together.
The hands behind the work.
The energy in a room.
The quiet moment no one else noticed.
The photographs I want to make are the ones that feel unmistakably like the people who were there.
I come to photography with a background in photography, writing, and design, but more than anything, I come to it with curiosity and an open mind.
I'm paying attention to people. To places. To what's happening beneath the obvious.
I don't believe every session needs the same formula, because no two people, families, businesses, or stories are the same.
Sometimes that means giving you direction.
Sometimes it means getting out of the way.
Sometimes it means noticing something you didn't realize was happening and saying, stay right there.
The work is collaborative, but you don't have to arrive knowing exactly what you want. Part of my job is helping you figure out what is worth seeing.
my work philosophy
my favorite sessions are the ones i leave feeling fulfilled in connection, and with the warmest hugs. the biggest things i notice about people, are how they connect. how they look at one another, how they love each other, how they move through life. outside of photography i’m deeply inspired by inhabiting life by spending it with my family, community, and nature.
WHY THIS WORK MATTERS
Photographs become more meaningful to me when they have somewhere to come from.
A life. A relationship. A body of work. A business someone poured themselves into. A season that won't last forever.
I'm not interested in making photographs that could belong to anyone.
I'm interested in making photographs that could only belong to you.
a little about me
“It’s hard to describe how important the pictures are to me and my son. So happy that we selected you to help document this important time in his life”
