Eva Mercer

06/04/2026

STOP SCROLLING! Go check it out!

Getting my work uploaded to the online shop....VERY VERY slowly!

But...some items are already available!

https://the-art-of-being-eva.myshopify.com/

The Art of Being Eva is the online store for artist and photographer Eva Mercer.

05/29/2026

****job opportunity****

Summer Help Needed

I’m looking for a reliable teen or young adult who needs community service or internship hours this summer.

I need help organizing my artwork, photographing pieces, uploading items to my online store, and preparing social media posts.

Must be good at social media!!!!!! Must be organized, dependable, detail-oriented, and creative.

This can count toward service/internship hours, with potential for paid work later and commission on all my pieces sold.

Message me or email [email protected] if interested or if you know someone who may be a good fit.

04/26/2026

Purple Calla Lilly.

04/23/2026

Spring 2026 - Iris in Bloom series. Color and Black and white.

04/13/2026

02/23/2026

Gallery delivered!!! I can’t tell you how obsessed with this session I am!

02/15/2026

There are days when stillness feels like disappearing.
This was made in motion.
In order to stay.

02/13/2026

A Manifesto:

Why I Don’t Like Photography as a Business

Let me be clear.
This does not mean I don’t believe in being paid for my work.
Working on commission is not the same thing as running a photography business.

I don’t like photography as a business because it asks me to spend as much—or more—time marketing myself as I do making the work, in an already oversaturated field.

Because I cannot focus on quality if I am constantly worried about quantity.

Because I refuse to farm out my work just to stay busy or appear successful.

Because turning social media into a required extension of my creativity drains inspiration instead of feeding it.

Because I am an artist. I see people as they are. I cannot wrap my head around reshaping them into what they think they want to be.

Because I don’t want to compete with people who know trends and algorithms better than they know themselves—while I work harder just to be seen.

Because I don’t want to be busy. I want to be wanted. Or recognized.

Because relevance in this industry often requires exhaustion, and I refuse to sacrifice my body or my sanity to stay visible.

Because photography as a business asks me to be a service provider, not an artist.

And finally—because I would rather make less money creating honest work than more money producing something hollow.

This is not a rejection of photography.
It’s a refusal to let a business model dictate my relationship to art.

01/16/2026

Motherhood. 1.15.26. (Cropped by instagram)

01/08/2026