The Artist
"If you were to ask me what I do…I would tell you that I stop time for people. I truly take a moment in time and give it to you to have and to hold for generations to come. I am a storyteller…I will tell your story…the story of the profound and deep love that you have for your family…the connection and bond that ties you together. The story of your children’s imaginations…their best dreams come true. I am the seeker of your joy…the seer of your beauty…I am the artist who will engrave the image of your children, your family, your everything on your heart…in your soul and on the walls of your home for a lifetime of forevers."
• APRIL GRAVES •
MORE ABOUT APRIL
April Graves an award-winning photographer and a wife and mother of 2 from the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago. She incorporated her first business by the age of 13 and has been self employed since the age of 23. With over 15 years of experience as a professional photographer, April is truly an expert at her craft. Intertwining art and emotion are her gifts.
With a huge philanthropic heart, she is a strong believer in giving back. April is the creator and photographer of the Beautiful Things with Wings project which has helped raise over $750,000 to support the WINGS Program, INC. in Chicago since 2006. She is also the creator and photographer for the SEDOL Children’s Art Gallery in 2013.
April is a business coach for photographers across the country and a sought-after speaker in the industry.
April is the only photographer in the world with exclusive access to photograph at The Eden Palais Carousel at the Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington, IL.
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
April photographs for Country, Forest & Bluff & Sheridan Road Magazines
2023 Received her Photographic Craftsman Degree
2022 Received Image Excellence at PPA Exhibition
2022 Merited at PPA Exhibition
2020 Merited four times at PPA Exhibition