Cybele

Cybele’s background is in fine art photography. She received her BFA in Photography from Washington University in St. Louis, MO and her MFA in Photography and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY. While in Manhattan, Cybele was represented by the Jayne Baum Gallery and had works collected into the Smithsonian and Pfizer art collections. After spending many years in New York teaching and showing art work in galleries, she and her husband moved to Middletown, NJ where they now live with their two year old daughter, Marlowe and their chipmunk obsessed dog, Bella. Since the original story, Cybele also now has a new byb son, Max. Cybele has also spent years teaching darkroom and digital photography to students ranging from middle school to college age. Most recently, she was teaching at Horace Mann School in Riverdale, NY.

While teaching and working on her art form were always some of Cybele’s goals, she dabbled in portraiture on the side. Once she and her husband, Chad, began a family of their own, she took the opportunity to focus on her portrait portfolio and begin photographing children and families. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with kids and to document permanent keepsakes for families.

Cybele’s work is natural, fun, and intimate. Her goal with each photography session is capture kids in their moment; a baby cooing while playing on the bed, a child studying waves in the ocean or a family’s laughter during hide and go seek.  Knowing from experience how quickly children grow and how short-lived these stages feel help Cybele capture the moment for her clients.  Cybele’s great strength is capturing a child doing
what they do best: being themselves.

Please take a moment and look through some images on Cybele’s website: www.cybeleschorrphotography.com