Larena Nellies-Ortiz is a photographer from Oakland, California with a penchant for visiting markets and cemeteries around the globe. She loves to color, texture and shadow hunt in the early morning hours. Her photos have been featured in The Sun Magazine, Barren Magazine, Indianapolis Review, Burningword Literary Journal, Stonecoast Review, 3Elements Review, Local Wolves Magazine and Change Seven Magazine, The Ilanot Review, Vernacular Journal and Pearl Press. You can find her on Instagram @lalifish.