LEIGH HARRISON has been taking pictures since childhood. At the age of eight, she asked her father if she could take some pictures with the family Brownie box camera, and he carefully showed her how to compose a picture and snap a photo. That
began a lifelong interest in photography, and eventually she developed an interest in studying the history of photography, and began collecting stereoscope cards. Her avocation later grew to include work in Super 8, VHS, and video production, and led her to a longtime love of taking pictures and making videos.

Over time, she moved from film to digital photography, and has specialized in documenting the NYC music scene (especially the blues bands) in NY and around the U.S. She has also focused on neon signs, large murals, architectural details, flowers, wetlands, and has done photo shoots for poets and musicians who have used her photographs on their books, CD covers, or for tour posters.

Since 1975 she has been documenting vanity plates and she has photographed several thousand of them. During the time Leigh was a member of Local 802 of the AFM (American Federation of Musicians), an article about Leigh's vanity license plates appeared in "Allegro," the official newspaper of the Musician's Union, Local 802 in NYC. A copy of that article appears on this website on the "License Plate" page.

Leigh began taking pictures of the Connecticut wetlands decades ago, and has added a page to this website's photo pages with some selected shots. Shortly, her photo series on carousel horses will be added to these pages.

Check out a sampling of Leigh's architectural, floral, mural and neon photos, her license plate pix, as well as the photos she took which were used for the covers of Bobby Perfect's first CD, "Light Blue," and her other graphic and commercial work.

Leigh worked as a cameraperson on one of the earliest cable TV shows in America, "If I Can't Dance, You Can Keep Your Revolution," (also called "The Coca Crystal Show") which aired on Manhattan Cable for many years, and which was featured in a major retrospective of the early days of cable at the Museum of Broadcasting. She was also was a staff member of the MNN show, "Poet To Poet / hosted by Robert Dunn," where she variously assisted the sound and lighting crew and occasionally hosted the show when Robert Dunn was absent.