Charlee Brodsky, a fine art documentary photographer and a professor of photography at Carnegie Mellon, describes her work as dealing with social issues and beauty. A selection of her awards includes the Tillie Olsen Award with writer Jim Daniels for their book, Street; an Emmy with the film team that created the documentary, Stephanie, which is based on her friend’s life with breast cancer; and an Honored Educator award given by the Society for Photographic Education, Mid-Atlantic Region. Among the books she’s authored are Knowing Stephanie and I Thought I Could Fly.