Candy Delaney is the BTS photographer for JML Films and the Survivors and Heroes Portrait Project. 

 

With a love of peeling paint, crumbling walls, and abandoned spaces, she is both the model and photographer in much of her work. Her artistic vision is to capture the composition and story in camera. She considers herself a self-portrait, conceptual photographer.

 

After identifying a location, she begins conceptualizing the story to be told, collecting the wardrobe and props. Once on location, she shoots, capturing her pre-conceived work first; then she lets the property speak to her, taking in other possible storylines that present. Candy finishes by taking shots that document the soon-to-be forgotten abandoned building, house, car, or other structure that man made, but nature will take.

 

Candy’s creative eye and expression is already greatly appreciated on the production of the Meltdown film. Currently, she’s working on the Survivors & Heroes Portrait Project to honor and recognize the good people of Central Pennsylvania, who have been affected. Her work has also been showcased on the film’s social media and with our fiscal sponsor, Humanitarian Social Innovations’ website.

 

Being a savvy technology pioneer, she documented her journey and quickly built a following of people interested in her photo abandonment artistry.

 

Her creative journey into this world of photography emerged from her love of fashion and art combined with the beauty of decay. As a teenager, she did some modeling and never liked turning over the full artistic vision to someone else. Photography allowed her to actualize creative energy that sat waiting to be tapped and her passion led her to create an amazing body of work.

 

Candy has won numerous awards. Her photography was published in national magazines and shown regularly at Metropolis Collective, and exhibited in juried shows. Her work has also opened at solo, gallery exhibits. She is hired to do event photography and creates heirloom pieces while documenting the day.

 

This inventive photographer is always learning and always pushing the boundaries of what is expected and experienced through her camera’s lens.

 

As a 17 year old in March of 1979 when TMI experienced a partial meltdown, Candy feels emotionally connected to this scary moment in her young life. Recently, she began creating conceptual fine art telling her own personal story. Her family fled to her grandparent’s home in Springfield, Massachusetts, yet she remained fascinated by what was happening back in Harrisburg. Her family was interviewed by the nightly news and as a result of Candy’s conceptual images that featured TMI; she became involved with the film as an executive team member and will be the “behind-the-scenes” photographer when filming.
 

Candy’s Portrait Project goal is to create powerful imagery to enhance the story of how TMI impacted so many lives. Her photographic, fine art work is her life’s journey and speaks to the personal legacy of each person, who lived through these unsettling days.

 

Originally from New England, Candy relocated to Harrisburg in high school. As a middle school science teacher by profession for 27 years, she resides in Hershey with her husband. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Penn State University and Master’s degree of science education from Lebanon Valley College.