08/24/2026
We said yesterday we had a special announcement to make!
This Thursday, during our Thursday Demo Night, at the historic The Leather Stallion Saloon we will be welcoming photographer Bridget Caswell to come in and take some Profile & Candid photos for an archive project they are working on for the LGBT Center Cleveland as well as Clevland Public Library!
Bridget will be, weather permitting, setting up a small space to take staged pictures and then walking around during Demo night to take candids as well! They will ask before taking pics, so please do not feel pressured to be front and center for pics!
âWhen people ask what type of work I do, I tell them I am a storyteller. I strive to animate a moment in peopleâs lives to allow the viewer to connect with the subject.â - Bridget Caswell
Bridget Caswell, nĂ©e Commisso, has worked in the arts in Northeast Ohio for 30 years. They were a photographer at NASA Glenn Research Center for 16 years, the Artist In Residence at The Cleveland Museum of Art in 2019, and most recently won the Exceptional Public Achievement Medal at NASA in 2021. Bridget has worked for newspapers in Northeast Ohio such as the Morning Journal, the News Herald, and the Medina Gazette, and was the house photographer for the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, The Great Lakes Science Center and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition, They run a successful freelance business with clients such as NPR, The Associated Press, and Cleveland Magazine, with their work appearing in the New York Times and the London Daily Telegraph. Passing on Their passion and curiosity for photography and storytelling is something Caswell finds as important as the work they do, and has received multiple grants to teach photography. Bridget is currently an adjunct photography professor at Lakeland Community College, Cuyahoga Community College and Lorain Community College as well as the Photo Lab Manager at Lakeland Community College. Bridget received their bachelorâs degree in Photojournalism at Kent State University.