Born in Fredericksburg Virginia, Donna Hopkins was educated as a physical therapist and spent 15 years working with children with disabilities. Donna left her career to raise her family and care for her husband who faced a life-threatening health crisis. During those years as a stay-at-home mother, she found her second calling as a photographer.
Donna is best known for her fine art photography, exploring and exalting the subtleties of life. She notices everything, and with her camera pays homage to both the broken and the beautiful, immersing herself in the aesthetics of ordinary things. Her exposures reveal her insecurities, her wonder, her beauty and her hurt. Donna’s photographs have been exhibited in juried shows, featured in numerous magazines, and licensed for greeting cards.
Donna is married to her husband of forty-two years, Dave, and they relish the simple pleasures of slow living, shared meals, and small travels. She is the mother of two grown sons who were the photographic subjects she loved first and still loves most.