Ashly Merheb is a photographer based in Laguna Beach, California.
Born in Richmond, Virginia, she trained as a dentist at Virginia Commonwealth University before trading the clinic for the road — first Tucson, then Dallas, Houston, and finally the Pacific coast. She picked up a camera in earnest after her two children were born (now 15 and 17) and has worked professionally ever since.
Her photography is rooted in a lifelong love of travel and the natural world — the quiet attention it takes to notice what is actually happening in a room, on a trail, or across a table.
Later this year she will open her first gallery in Laguna Beach.