Ashley Maidon is a North Carolina native shaped by sweet tea, pine trees, and Parkers BBQ suppers. What started as a wandering journey through general education courses became a lifelong creative pursuit after two community college art instructors helped spark a deeper connection to the arts. She eventually found her way to the only university she applied to—and never looked back. While she dabbled in printmaking, it was photography that fully captured her attention.
Today, Ashley is a still photographer drawn to how people experience art differently, filtered through their own cultural lens. She’s fascinated by how identity, upbringing, and personal history act as invisible glasses—transforming what we see and how we connect with images. Her practice explores this concept while also embracing new tools and processes, whether through traditional darkroom techniques, digital manipulation, or alternative processing.
Ashley continues to live and create in North Carolina, balancing a career as a corporate girly with her ongoing exploration of creativity, technology, and the shared (but never identical) experience of art.