About

Jody Magrady lives on the Northwest Side of Chicago. She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  After a 30 year career in Information Systems, Jody became an adjunct photography professor at Columbia College Chicago. She also taught photography at The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois. Now self-employed, she exhibits in the Midwest and online.  Her photographs are in corporate and private collections.

“For me, photography is meditation, exploration, and education. It is a canvas for visual musings – ones that aren’t always translated at the time into words, but can be studied later. I photograph what I want to preserve and to bring back to share with others.”  -- Jody Magrady