Claire Elyce Wiedman obtained a BA in Studio Art: Photography, a BA in Art History, and an MA in Studio Art: Photography and Printmaking, all from the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, IN, before earning an MFA in Visual Art: New Projects from Columbus College of Art & Design. Areas of specialty include history of photography, photographic theory, darkroom, and digital imaging. She has been an adjunct at Columbus College of Art & Design since 2015, and has taught classes such as Introduction to Photography, Digital Imaging, Photographic Thought, and Personal Vision. In studio practice, Wiedman has a particular fondness for photographing with toy cameras (film cameras with limited controls) and film developing, although lately she finds herself shooting digital portraits and self-portraits with a performative twist.