Notes From the Home Office
News from Philadelphia editorial, advertising, and corporate photographer Ryan Donnell

I’m sure all you dedicated readers of NFTHO (yeah, I’m speaking to you mom.) remember my mention of a small project I completed last year about one of the last roller rinks in Philadelphia, the Elmwood Roller Rink in Southwest Philly.
I just learned yesterday that this little project was awarded an honorable mention in the [...]

So I’m knee chin deep in production right now for a ad shoot, but I’ve got a little bit of news about a web launch. And on top of that, I’ve received a couple of nice shout-outs this week.

First, I’ve launched a dedicated site for my ongoing Philadelphia Polling Place Project. It was put together [...]

I received word yesterday that two images from my “Behind the Curtain” project on weird Philly polling stations were given a “Chosen” honor from American Photography. From the notice:
“While your image will not appear in the book, it was one of only 171 images from a record-breaking 10,100 submitted to receive at least 2 votes [...]

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So, I got a call yesterday from my friend and colleague Nate Johnson, a true modern renaissance man (brewer, painter, rock star, designer, dog-lover, bike-builder. Jeez Nate, leave something for us mortals).
He told me the annual report we and his colleagues, Kara Schlindwein and Brian Poliakoff, put together for the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce [...]