A man with a beard and mustache smiling outdoors in a snowy forest, wearing a red beanie, plaid shirt, and carrying a crossbody strap.
A man with a beard and mustache smiling outdoors in a snowy forest, wearing a red beanie, plaid shirt, and carrying a crossbody strap.
Two friends, a man and a woman, smiling and hugging each other outdoors in a green wooded area near water, with tall trees and bright sky in the background.
Two friends, a man and a woman, smiling and hugging each other outdoors in a green wooded area near water, with tall trees and bright sky in the background.
Two photographers on a sandy hillside near the coast. One is kneeling and taking pictures, the other is squatting and looking through binoculars or a camera. There are green plants and trees, with water and distant land in the background.
Two photographers on a sandy hillside near the coast. One is kneeling and taking pictures, the other is squatting and looking through binoculars or a camera. There are green plants and trees, with water and distant land in the background.
A young man with a mustache and dark hair, wearing a green cap and a layered necklace, is sitting on a couch playing an acoustic guitar. Behind him is a window with white curtains, and a table lamp is on his left. The background shows a beige wall with a small white box or shelf and a door to the right.
A young man with a mustache and dark hair, wearing a green cap and a layered necklace, is sitting on a couch playing an acoustic guitar. Behind him is a window with white curtains, and a table lamp is on his left. The background shows a beige wall with a small white box or shelf and a door to the right.

Hello! I am Alex Corrie, a 30-year-old photographer from Pittsburgh, PA.

I began the practice of photography in 2014, the summer after I graduated high school. I felt stuck and perhaps a little angsty back in the day. Playing sports in college was not realistic after 2 shoulder surgeries (also a general lack of athleticism) and it seemed too late to learn an instrument (also naive) but I needed a dream and something creative I could really focus on. I didn’t care about social media or starting a business so my options were open.

I noticed my parents enjoying the process of taking photos, printing them out, hanging them up, and even curating a photo-wall. It seemed easy enough, so I did a cliche thing: I took a late-summer trip up Mount Washington to snap photos with my iPhone. The photos were alright and I made my first print. The shocking part was that I felt cool AND nerdy. By my estimation, the act of capturing moments with an intent to print and also share generates a flow state. The editing and printing process is mad-scientist adjacent and hanging a print is momentous.

After that day on the Mount I dug out dad’s old Pentax and went off to Duquesne University. As they say, the rest is history.

I make sure those initial feelings of discovery stay with me. Photography is like magic, a technical miracle and nowadays it’s accessible to basically everyone. I started with my phone! The amount of gear one could attain is limitless but nearly pointless. The photographers of the past did it with much less. Do you own a camera? OK.. See thing, click button. That’s it. There is always a photo to take when you keep it simple. I remind myself of this constantly.

During my freshman year at Duquesne Benjamin taught me a lot. Primarily how to operate a DSLR and edit with Adobe Lightroom. Very important for sure, but the number one thing he taught me was said in passing. He said “don’t delete your photos, there is always something to learn from them”. I have made that mistake for sure and I truly regret it. Now I will go look at photos from a decade ago and find moments that I had missed. I offer this: Save your photos and return to them every once in a while. Maybe once a year. I almost always find something new, and it can be trippy because often I don’t remember taking them.

Committing to this whole process has given me an artist’s perspective, allowing me to live out a version of my dream from my late teens through my twenties and now into my thirties. When I practice photography I share something in common with all “artists” and occasionally it allows me to work alongside them. This is great, which is to say nothing of the work itself, which has a life of its own. Needless to say, I plan to continue the process of learning, teaching, and evolving with my craft forever.

Nowadays I live and work out of a travel trailer in Washington state with Kalyn and our two cats. I am focused on creating prints and expanding my portfolio. I am open to all kinds of work but still the work I enjoy most is sports and music-based photography. I am open to work in the PNW and also willing to travel back to Pittsburgh for special opportunities. Please feel free to reach out.

Thank you,

Alex