About

Georgia Hilmer is a photographer and writer based in upstate New York.

I started modeling as a teenager, taking pictures with a 35mm point-and-shoot to document that time of travel and misadventure. My fixation on film has been unwavering ever since. Being primarily analog has meant going slow, deferring gratification, and staying surprised.

Ten years in the fashion industry taught me to think critically and compassionately about what it means to see and be seen. After trading modeling for other projects, like college, writing, and gardening, and leaving New York City, I have used my camera as a way to connect with people I might otherwise not meet.

Becoming a mother futher transformed my understanding of record-making, bearing witness, and what the limits of photography are. Documenting my son's early life while struggling postpartum, sometimes the camera captured things I didn’t acknowledge to myself. In other images of myself from that time, I see a performance no one else can. The record is layered and paradoxical and miraculous, true and not at the same time. I see our story anew every time I look back.

I make pictures in the hope of capturing something emotionally resonant. Often, the process itself is revealing.

For inquiries about commissions, collaborations, or prints, please visit the contact page.