Growth Potential: Photographers Find Opportunities in the Emerging Cannabis Market / Photo District News, Sept 2019
“Photographers and clients discuss the cannabis industry’s “real and immediate” need for high-quality photography and the challenges of working for newly established businesses.”
Under the Influence: Pot Photographer Kristen Angelo / Ember Magazine, Aug 2019
“If every picture tells a story, Kristen Angelo’s pictures tell the true stories of the people behind the plants. Hers is a full-service cannabis photography agency creating compelling narratives that normalize the cannabis industry.”
Cannabis Photographers Pick Their Favorite Instagram Accounts / Leafly, Oct 2018
“She doesn’t just shoot closeups. She wants us to experience how it feels to be out there at the garden, under the sun or the lights. Kristen is able to earn the trust of her subjects and the resulting photojournalism is always heartrendingly honest.”
Why You Should Hire a Professional Cannabis Photographer / Marijuana Retailer Report, Oct 2018
“Kristen Angelo is an American cannabis photographer known for her work for Weedmaps, among other notable publications. She has a large following on Instagram, which helps her expose the brands she works for to the greater cannabis community.”
A Pot Farmer’s Daughter / Centennial Spotlight’s Women & Weed, Aug 2018
“Today, Angelo is a creative voice for reversing stigma around cannabis. As a photographer, she began documenting America’s cannabis industry with a focus on telling the stories of artisan farms and cultivators.”
Crucial Cannabis Photographers / Cannabis Now, July 2018
“A native of Washington state’s picturesque Vashon Island, Kristen Angelo proudly refers to herself as the “daughter of a pot farmer.” Raised in an idyllic world of small-scale cannabis home-growers and secretive guerrilla patches out in the woods…”
This Illegal Pot Grower’s Daughter is Fighting Corporate Cannabis With Photography / Herb, Jan 2018
“These days, Angelo, know as “A Pot Farmer’s Daughter,” works as a cannabis photographer with the aim of humanizing the people behind independent farms rather than just the products that come from them. She wants others to understand the love that prohibition-era farmers—as well as smalltime newcomers to the scene—put into their grows.”
Meet the Cannabis Industry’s Most in Demand Photographer / Civilized, Oct 2017
“As the daughter of a man who served time for illegal cannabis farming, Kristen Angelo knows better than anyone the power in a picture. The full-time photographer from Washington has spent the last three years capturing cannabis for major publications and agencies, all in the hope of painting the plant in the “positive light” it deserves.”
Behind the Scenes at America’s New Legal Cannabis Farms: The Pot Farmer’s Daughter / Huck Magazine, Sept 2017
Intrigued as to the life of a professional cannabis photographer, Huck caught up with Kristen to discuss the highs of the job, what makes her work stand out from the excess of weed porn on the internet and what’s exciting her about the industry most.”
Professional Cannabis Photographer Kristen Angelo Follows Her Passion / FStoppers, July 2017
“Unlike the high-contrast, psychedelic images I was used to seeing, Angelo's images showed different side of the culture of cannabis: sun-drenched, cultivated by passionate farmers in the rural Pacific Northwest. I caught up with Angelo to ask her about how she got into the field of cannabis photography, and how she developed her business as a freelance photographer.”
Kristen Angelo, Cannabis Photographer: The Seattle photographer is harvesting editorial and commercial opportunity in the burgeoning marijuana industry / Photo District News, May 2017
Instagram Tips from Pot Photographer Kristen Angelo / PDN Pulse, May 2017
How I Became a Professional Cannabis Photographer / Format Magazine, April 2017
“Kristen Angelo explains her journey to photographing cannabis for top publications and legal businesses.”
Cannabis Photographer Kristen Angelo’s Cool Job / Seattle Times, Jan 2017
“Self-taught freelancer travels throughout Washington state documenting recreational cannabis farms.”
