Paige
Hodder
Michigan Reporter and Photographer
ABOUT BRANDIPaige Christine Hodder is an environmental and LGBTQ+ journalist and photographer from Michigan. She writes for Automotive News and Crain’s Detroit Business, and has previously contributed to The Michigan Daily and the Mackinac Island Town Crier. Focusing on midwestern environmental and LGBTQ+ community narratives, her work has been awarded a Stanford Lipsey Award for Multi-media reporting and an Arthur Fondiler Award. She spends her free time on the lakes of Michigan and writing creative nonfiction about her life and lesbian identity.
Riley and Abbey Hodder
For The Michigan Daily
Domino’s Electric Delivery Vehicles
For Automotive News
Music in the Parks
On Mackinac Island
PHILOBrandi believes photos are metaphors, making the abstract concrete and mystifying the mundane. They believe photography is a conversation between the photographer, the subject, and those who will view these images for years to come. Brandi relishes in adding to the archive of humanity.
SERVICESReady to tell your story? Browse available services, then book a free consultation. Let’s create together.
Portrait session
Editorial art direction
Corporate team photoshoot
Photo editing, color correction, retouching
“As a child, I’d pour over family photo albums, admiring the portraits. Now, I get to add to our collective albums, our collective memories.”
Brandi Ortiz • Photographer & Art Director