Shasta McBride is a photo artist and writer based in California and Hawaii. Her work is a study on the natural softness found in the nighttime sky, the ocean, women, water, and flowers. Growing up in Hawaii, these were her main influences. Shasta has studied photography formally at Lewis & Clark College and was a fabrications intern for artist Adi Da Samraj. Shasta has also taken wet plate workshop and studied from photographer Roxanne Prescott. Her favorite artist is Miya Ando.