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The Invisible Artist: Personal Essays by Sherry Dansby

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🎭 The Invisible Artist

🎭 The Invisible Artist

The voice behind the camera. The one too often left out of the frame.

 

💬 Why I Created This Space

I’ve spent decades watching others shine from behind the lens — while I stayed quiet, cropped out, or erased completely.

The Invisible Artist is my answer to that silence. It’s a place for truth, for processing what it means to be seen or not seen, for naming the moments that never make it into the press kit.

If you’ve ever been overlooked, under-credited, or told to “just be grateful for the exposure” — you belong here too.

These are my stories. And maybe, in some way, they’re yours too.

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The Invisible Artist: Part 1 – Access Denied

The Invisible Artist: Part 1 – Access Denied The Gatekeeping No One Talks About By Sherry Edith DansbyThey say all you need is talent, but I’ve stood behind a barricade watching someone with less skill and more connections walk right past ...

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Part 2: “The Invisible Artist: Respect, Credit, and Consent”

The Invisible Artist: Ethics, Credit, and Consent in Red Carpet Photography | Dansby Photography Blog The Invisible Artist: Respect, Credit, and ConsentFrom the Blog Series: “Framed But Forgotten: Ethics and the Reality of Red Carpet ...

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