In 2017, I left my role at a production company and launched Stacy Swiderski Consulting. Shortly after, I co-founded Philly Reps. In 2025, I founded Tiny Island.

Today, I work with photographers on all aspects of their work and brand, from creative coaching and portfolio development to website and project edits and personalized marketing support.

I love what I do. What I love even more is watching the talented people I work with succeed. I want to see them support themselves and their families while staying true to their creative selves. We're lucky to do what we do. I never take that for granted, and neither should you.

If you're into resumes:

I'm a proud art school grad. I hold a Masters Degree in Photography from the School of Visual Arts and a BFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design. Before I stepped into commercial photography, I taught photography at the university level and exhibited my work as a fine art photographer.

If you're into the stuff that matters:

I got my start in photography at 6 years old, digging through a treasure trove of vintage silver gelatin prints tucked away in my grandparents' dining room bureau.

My grandfather, Joseph Swiderski, was a photographer. My grandmother was his muse. While they were dating and early in their marriage, he photographed her again and again with his 35mm Pentax. He captured her, their courtship, the feel of the 1940s, and later their young family. Then he printed those negatives in his basement darkroom. There were hundreds of images.

Whenever I visited, my grandmother would bring them out as a treat. I'd carry mounds of perfectly printed photos into the parlor, sit on the floor at their marble coffee table, and flip through them one by one... favorites in one pile... the "who is this" and "where was that" in another. When I was done being transported to another time, seeing life through my grandparents' eyes, I'd put them all away. Looking back, I was editing long before I knew the word for it.

I did this for years. Every so often, my grandmother would reveal more prints or a scrapbook from some hidden spot I never knew existed. In time, she started sending me home with a few here and a few there. Then one day in my early teens, she gave me nearly all of them. That was a golden, solidifying moment, and I'll never forget it.

Of everything I own, these prints are by far the most cherished, the most meaningful, and the most important to me. They tell my story, and they've brought me to where I am today.

This is my creation story. This is why I do what I do. And I thank you for reading this far.