About Me and My Work

About Me

Photography Artist and Poet

My name is Tanya Bartlett, and I am from the Cincinnati area. Though I arrived at this work a little later than many photographers and writers, I feel like I’ve always considered myself to be most suited for it as a profession.

Photography and writing are my chosen tools for processing the world. The work is sometimes arduous, sometimes celebratory, and sometimes cathartic, but I love this work at all times.

If I could leave a simple note of wisdom here for anyone who may be interested in photography and/or writing as a profession: Like anything, these two things are practices, and the practice is what makes you who you are.

Poem text of "Daffodil" set against a photograph of a black and white daffodil.

About My Photography

Abstract, Flora, and Landscape Photographic Prints

I find myself obsessed with artful, ethereal, and surreal subjects. I love the play between light and dark or light and shadows, lines, and textures. Sometimes it takes minutes to edit a piece the way I want it, and other times I have to sit with a piece for a day or two or longer.

And now I suppose this is a good place for a disclaimer: Sometimes I use the rule of thirds and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I stick to the rules and sometimes I don’t. I’m not the most gifted photographer in the world. I’m not the most technical photographer in the world. I don’t consider myself an expert. I don’t want to be an expert. My work is a work in progress. I, too, am a work in progress.

All that to say, I love making art, and I love experimenting with layers and effects.

When I created my website in December 2020 with a primary focus in macro flora photography, I had no idea that I would also grow to love working with abstracts and landscapes, but I now have three pages of collections dedicated to abstract, flora, and landscape pieces.

Some pieces are calm and serene and some are lively and vibrant, and if you’re looking for something that’s not in one of my collections, feel free to reach out to me. I am available for commission for custom pieces.

So take a look around and if you have questions about pricing or ordering, feel free to email me at info@tanyabartlett.com.

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Flora
Landscape
Floral photographic print of a sheer and shimmery white flower upon a backdrop of coppery metallic circles. Hanging on a wall in a virtual space with a table, chair, and vase of flowers in the foreground.

About My Writing

Video, Visual, and Written Poetry

I enjoy many different forms and genres of writing, but I especially enjoy poetry, and when I’m writing I generally explore subjects in mythology, nature, philosophy, and politics.

It all started when I was a kid listening to stories and nursery rhymes. I remember having lots of access to poetry books, Dr. Seuss books, and even recordings of folktales.

I share some of my poetry here on my writing page, and I also created a YouTube channel for some of my poetry videos. You can also find my work in various collections and anthologies as listed in the Publications and Exhibitions section below.

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YouTube

Publications and Exhibitions

Places Where My Work Has Appeared

  • Felt Photographic’s Dreaming Exhibition, July 1-31, 2025: “At the End of Things”
  • All Else Pales 2 Print Anthology (2025), A Song, Emerging / Poems About Our Earth: “The Burning Fields”
  • Creation to Requiem: Explorations of Life, an art exhibition during May Festival at Music Hall in Cincinnati, OH, May 17-25, 2024: “Reflection”
  • Felt Photographic’s Unity Exhibition, November 1-30, 2023: “Reflection”
  • The Photography Show at NEC in Birmingham UK, March 16-19, 2024: “Reflection”
  • AVE22 MetaGallery’s Window to the Soul Exhibition, October 28-November 4, 2023: “The Eye”
  • SOS Art Cincinnati’s For a Better World
    • 2026 Edition: “We Mark the Space Between Us”
    • 2025 Edition: “All of Society’s Ills” and “Enough Is Enough”
    • 2024 Edition: “For Zazu Nova” and “Love, Hope, and Peace”
    • 2022 Edition: “A Flag or a Cloak”
    • 2021 Edition: “Ode to Feminists”
    • 2020 Edition: “Hell’s Hollow,” “Don’t Forget to Smile,” and “The Lady’s Hopeful Sonnet”
  • Anthropocene: Poetry about Environment, 2022: “All That We Could Have Been,” “Spring Is a Time,” and “Apollo’s Flower”
  • Starr Library Poetry Reading and Exhibition, April 2021: “Daffodil”
  • Kentucky State Poetry Society’s Journal Pegasus, Summer/Autumn 2018 Issue: “The Stone Steps of Idyll Hill”
  • The Voices Project, December 2014: “Pendulum”