Melissa Lyttle loves chasing the light. She is commited to documenting the lives of people in her community, and telling their stories in new and interesting ways.

Melissa’a work has been recognized by POY, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, the southern Short Course, Best of Photojournalism and Alexia Foundation. She was a student at the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2001 and has been honored to return three times since as a member of the staff. Six years ago, she started an online community for photojournalists called APhotoADay, in that time it has grown from two members to over 900.
Melissa lives in Tampa, Fla. and works as a photojournalist for the St. Petersburg Times newspapers.