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Nora Hanlon is a photographer, bookworm, and grandma in training. Born in Vermont, raised in Connecticut, and going to school in Maine, she is getting closer to completing her Bingo card for living in all the New England states. Nora is going to graduate with her BFA in Photography and a minor in Sustainable Ecosystems: Art & Design from Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) in 2026. With her photographs, she observes the world around her, using the camera as a tool for reflection and an aid in figuring out the future. Hanlon has shown her work in The Amistad Center for Art & Culture in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 49 Oak St. Gallery, The Windsor Art Center, and installed work on Fort Gorges. When not taking photographs, she can most often be found in her little pink rocking chair.
I find myself drawn to what used to be familiar. As I grow away from my childhood home and my family, I photograph the moments of life that prove what used to be was real. Concentrating on the little bits of home that aren’t necessarily perfect but make it ours. A tear in the carpet, a barber chair falling apart in the basement, the jeans laid out to dry. As I work with these spaces, I observe the people in them, mainly my mother. I’ve been watching my mother change as we both grow into new versions of ourselves. We once played “bicycle” on the couch, now she’s lighting a joint on the porch. Observation drives my practice. I photograph the things and people around me to understand my existence in the space I occupy and to find peace in that presence.