Meet Breonn Lyons

Today we’d like to introduce you to Breonn Lyons.

Breonn, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Aside from shooting portraits of myself in my bedroom during quarantine, I got to where I am now with photography by using my resources. Teachers, YouTube, or even other photographers I meet along my commute somewhere!

All of these are so crucial for expansion because despite how much you want to figure things out on your own, you need help, and you need people. Even on set. I also researched everything.

I go to every event that I see as an opportunity to connect with other like-minded people and I network as much as I can. I can say for this past year, I’ve just been putting myself out there WAY more.

We all face challenges, but looking back, would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Not really any external challenges. Lately what’s been a challenge for me is being patient with my work. I see in my mind exactly what kind of work I want to create, however, I’d be cheating myself if I were to expect that caliber of work as soon as possible without attempting it and not being perfect at it. I must give myself room to get frustrated, take a break, and try again.

So I’ve been trying to get comfortable with divine timing because I find that I subconsciously create timelines for my life. I remind myself that the right eyes will see my work at the right time. It’s been a lot of being honest with myself, being honest with my consistency, and reminding myself that what I see in my head IS coming.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am a portrait and editorial photographer. I love capturing people’s faces and people in the moment. Whether it’s a mood designed specifically for the shot, or it’s a candid shot, I just love capturing people. I think people either know me for shooting for runways in NYC, or for the shoots I would do of myself in my room back during quarantine. And honestly, I can say that that period in my life is one of the ones I am most proud of because I didn’t have a real idea of where photography could take me.

I didn’t have expectations or projected timelines, I was just doing it because I thought it was fun, and the principle of that resonates with what I am learning right now, which is trusting divine timing, and stopping rushing.

Just make what you want to make. I think what sets me apart from others is literally me being who I am right now in my evolution, and what I mean by that is, that I am at a point where I know I am enough, and that I have my finger on the pulse right now, and there’s something exciting about that for people. “What is she going to do next?” “How is she going to take advantage of this early stage in her career?” “Where is she going with this?”

What were you like growing up?
I love this question. I was a superstar! I wrote songs in my journals, I’d make choreography with my cousins, and I would sing songs that either my mom played in the car or from my Disney soundtrack CD with my karaoke machine. I would write hundreds of diary entries about what happened at school, and how I felt. I would come up with ideas for my stage name and then show them to my parents.

I would draw a lot. I would design clothes, I loved dressing up, I remember I had these little purple plastic heels I would wear around the house if I wasn’t digging in my mom’s collection! I was exuberant. I was always expressing myself through aesthetics and art. Overall, I loved the idea of being a superstar, and I think at that age I knew that I’d be one because the way I would dress, journal, and make things was as if I was subconsciously preparing for it.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://lyonsmedia.org
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lyons.media/