Joy Kennedy is a documentary and fine art photographer who co-runs Open Shutter Photography in Charlotte, North Carolina. Working primarily in digital formats, she endeavors to capture - or create - living images. Her documentary work includes photostories about rodeo cowboys, urban playgrounds, Alzheimer’s patients, and precocious children. In her fine art work, she seeks for her subject matter the overlooked and everyday (paint dripping down window glass, traffic lights, trash) or the fleeting (live music, a jay-walking Santa). She rarely takes a literal approach to these subjects, preferring to come at them from extremely close-up, or with her shutter wide open. With abundant texture and shadow, the resulting images often blur the line between photography and painting. Her work has been most recently shown locally at Century, the Visulite Theater, and The Light Factory. She is currently working on a commissioned documentary series on the historic Fourth Ward section of Charlotte.