Biography:
"Where Dreams Come True"
"When I was younger and flipped through a picture book, I believed that if I looked at a page long enough, the figures would jump to life and the landscapes would become real. The illustrations gave me clues to the untold words of a story. I still believe, and relate to the curiosity and excitement of children. With my photographs, I create a believable world of fantasy through real landscapes and characters your child. I uncover that gift of imagination and reveal the hidden world created by your own child and display it through my photographs. I believe art should change the way you look at the world.
It is important to me, as your child's photographer, to allow the parent to break away from a conventional way of thinking. It is my attempt to alter or deepen your awareness of your child's process of thought. This, in a sense, can liberate your own imagination. By challenging the power of imagination I want to expose a more playful side of life with my photography."
Born and raised in Fennville Michigan, Amanda has had a life long love affair with photography and art. Growing up in a creative environment, Amanda studied and practiced art and photography as a hobby and a pastime. As an adult Amanda studied photography at Western Michigan University, then attended art school in Florence Italy, and finally graduated with a BFA at Pacific Northwest College of Arts in Portland OR. Totaling 6 years of art school.
In the winter of 2007 Amanda returned to the Portland area and began putting together the product and plan for what would eventually become A Lindahl Creations. As a young entrepreneur Amanda has made her mark in the Pacific Northwest with her surreal brand of photography. Since opening A Lindahl Creations Amanda has attended many local events and markets helping to bring her photography out into the public’s eye. So far her work has made a great impression in the community and she says “The community is spectacularly supportive” and feels she has been welcomed with open arms. Currently A Lindahl Creations offers many different kinds of products for the photographic needs of the community.