About

On a hot, humid night in 2004, in a mountain village in rural Honduras, my husband Paul accidentally dropped our point-and-shoot digital camera. It was a near disaster; we were in this village in part for me to include photographs of various medicinal plants and herbs used by local midwives. I was lucky that Paul was able to repair the camera enough for me to do the work, but I was even luckier when we returned home to the States and he bought me a digital SLR to replace what had been broken. Having a small child crawling around had put my painting to a halt. The camera quickly became my new artistic medium, with our children, friends, and family as the first subjects.

My passions are varied and have taken me down many roads. I am a PhD candidate in International Health and hold a Master of Social Work and a Master of Public Health. I have lived, worked, and traveled extensively in positions that range from health educator to sexual abuse counselor. Currently, I work with immigrants in the United States. As a professional, my interest is in understanding health beyond a medical condition and seeing the economic, social, and psychological experiences of health. Photography offers a strong medium to find answers to questions not readily grasped through traditional research methods.

Although I am interested in any opportunity to photograph for businesses, individuals, families, and events, I am especially thrilled by opportunities to collaborate with organizations and individuals on research, evaluation, and documentation.

Because my name is rarely pronounced correctly and even more rarely spelled correctly, I chose "Four Leaf Clover Photography" as a business name. Paul suggested the name, commenting that my photographs pick up on small moments missed by others, something he felt was similar to my odd talent for finding four leaf clovers. The name stuck.

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Holly Scheib