MK Rynne is a photographer, artist, and educator based on the North Shore of Boston, with a career spanning over three decades. She began as a photojournalist and film still photographer, gaining recognition for her emotionally resonant black-and-white imagery. A transformative workshop with Larry Fink in the late 1980s inspired a shift toward personal storytelling and immersive documentary work. In 1990, Rynne began a groundbreaking series on women working as exotic dancers—a project that earned her critical acclaim, including recognition as a top finalist for the prestigious Henri Cartier-Bresson Award in 1991, and later became the basis for her Harvard University master’s thesis in 1996. Her evocative work has been exhibited in galleries, featured in publications, and is now evolving into her forthcoming photobook, Stripped & Crowned. Alongside photography, she's spent years teaching art, which keeps her connected to creativity in its rawest, most experimental form.