She Pivots with Rachelle Steele

In 2005, Rachelle Steele was stationed in Mississippi for her job in the Navy when Hurricane Katrina hit. With two daughters, just six-months-old and eighteen-months-old, Rachelle fought for their survival—and then began to document what was happening around her. Those events left her with photography PTSD, and she didn’t pick up a camera for another 5 years. It took time, but she eventually became an award-winning photographer and has been one of a select group of artists named “International Portrait Photographer of the Year” for three years in a row. On this episode of She Pivots, Rachelle recounts:

• Her childhood and the loss of her father to addiction at a young age

• Her time in a biker gang

• Her decision to return to photography

• How the work she did during her Master of Fine Arts in Photography helped her heal