THE ATLAS / DAY 42

STATE 02 / PA

Scheduled stay · arrival not yet recorded

Pittsburgh

Sep 24 — Oct 5, 2026

Pennsylvania

DRAG THROUGH THE ROUTE 05 / 23

Confirmed stays and a planned westbound route. Broad windows do not mean a home or exact dates are booked.

A LIFE, OPEN / AUGUST 2026 — IN PROGRESS

How much
life can I fit
into one life?

I started at 26. I’m trying to live in all 50 states.

PROJECT BEGAN

Aug 21, 2026

OPENING CHAPTER 00 ↗︎

Washington, DC

Separate from the fifty.

Why I started Work with me See session days

OPENING CHAPTER 00 · WASHINGTON, DC

A vaulted concrete Metro concourse with amber light, people walking and escalators. — Inside the Metro. Washington, DC.

THE CHAPTERSSWIPE / SCROLL / OPEN

A place.
A different page.

Washington, DC

ARRIVAL RECORDED

North Carolina

5 separate stays

ON THE ITINERARY

Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh

ON THE ITINERARY

South Carolina

Charleston

ON THE ITINERARY

Georgia

Savannah

ON THE ITINERARY

Florida

4 separate stays

ROUTE IN PENCIL

Alabama

Home not selected

PLANNED FEBRUARY 2027

ROUTE IN PENCIL

Mississippi

Home not selected

PLANNED FEBRUARY 2027

ROUTE IN PENCIL

Louisiana

Home not selected

PLANNED FEBRUARY 2027

ROUTE IN PENCIL

Texas

Home not selected

PLANNED MID-FEBRUARY–MID-MARCH 2027

ROUTE IN PENCIL

New Mexico

Home not selected

PLANNED MID-MARCH–EARLY APRIL 2027

ROUTE IN PENCIL

Arizona

Home not selected

PLANNED EARLY APRIL 2027

ROUTE IN PENCIL

California

Home not selected

PLANNED APRIL 2027

ROUTE IN PENCIL

Nevada

Home not selected

PLANNED LATE APRIL–EARLY MAY 2027

ROUTE IN PENCIL

Utah

Home not selected

PLANNED EARLY MAY 2027

ON THE ITINERARY

Colorado

Denver

Fifty states. DC is the opening, separate from the fifty.

All fifty chapters Open the full map

PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM / WITH RYLEE LOUISA

Let’s make
something yours.

I’m making photographs as I go. Of people, their celebrations, the places they’ve built, and the work they care about.

Book photography & film

Close portrait of an adult with head tilted back, warm light falling across the face and upper body.

Boudoir

From $350 · posing guidance at your pace

See the work & details

A family in a grassy yard, photographed through a warm flare of sunlight.

Portraits, couples & families

From $450 · time with your people

See the work & details

A wedding couple in a green suit and white dress, holding a bright bouquet in sunlight.

Weddings & elopements

Weddings from $3,500 · local elopements from $2,500

See the work & details

Real-estate branding · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Brands, spaces & film

Custom quotes · made around your brief

See the work & details

Spaces Editorial Film

Prices in USD, before applicable tax. Studio, travel, and other extras depend on the collection and are quoted before booking.

Next places we could meet.

Apex, NCOct 7, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026Ask about a session Durham, NCOct 23, 2026 – Oct 28, 2026Ask about a session Apollo Beach, FLNov 5, 2026 – Nov 16, 2026Ask about a session

Confirmed travel stops. Session availability is confirmed separately.

See released dates & book online All travel dates Request your city

FROM HERE

PHOTOGRAPHS / PLACES / PAGES

One thing leads
to another.

A photograph, a home, a page from the journal.
Follow whichever catches your eye.

Rylee, barefoot in a white shirt, leans over the pool edge holding a camcorder to her eye. — 01 / Raleigh area / Home 01Learning to be here ↗︎

Sunlight crosses a round wooden table and green sofa in the sunroom. — 02 / State 01 / North CarolinaThe pool house ↗︎

Original instant print of Dogberry, a brindle dog holding a giraffe toy on a wooden floor. — 03 / Raleigh area / Home 02Dogberry ↗︎

Rylee smiles while writing in a yellow notebook in a sunroom armchair. — 04 / Photographs, days, things keptNotes from the road ↗︎

INSTANT FILM / THE LIVING ARCHIVE

The pet
scrapbook.

The animals who let me live in their houses.

Open the scrapbook

Original instant print of Dogberry, a brindle dog holding a giraffe toy on a wooden floor.

Original instant print of Pandy, a small black-and-white shaggy dog looking up beside white shoes.

Original instant print of Olive sitting on a dark sofa, with handwritten “8-22-26 / Olive DC” on its border.

FROM THE RECORD03 RECORDS

Little things.
Kept.

Pick up a page from the beginning.

Open the archive

01 / 03

The question I started with.

HOUSING / WORK / EXCHANGE

How this
is possible.

House-sitting gives me a place to stay in exchange for caring for a home and its animals. Photography and film are how I earn.

How I’m making it work

PARTICIPATE

Tell me something
Google won’t.

01Trade skills.02Introduce someone.03Suggest something to try.04Share your town.

LATEST FIELD NOTE

I'm gaining back me

In the miniature maker’s home, I started trying new things, finding confidence in my work, and enjoying my own company.

Home 02 · September 1–19, 2026

Read the Field Notes

ALONG THE WAY / INSTAGRAM

Between
the pages.

@ryleelouisa ↗︎

Photographs, little films, and the days in between.