Angela Strassheim (born 1969) is an American photographer living and working in Brooklyn, New York and Jerusalem.
[1] Prior to receiving her MFA from Yale in 2003, Strassheim worked as a certified forensic photographer.
[2] A native of Bloomfield, Iowa, Strassheim was born into a family of fundamentalist born-again Christians,[3][4] and later during her childhood lived in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
[5] A 1995 graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design,[6] from which she received her BFA, she possesses a Forensic & Biomedical Photography Certification from the Metro-Dade County Forensic Imaging Bureau in Miami, and received an MFA from Yale University.
[5] Strassheim's style has been described as "CSI meets Billy Graham", and blends references to religion and art history with elements recalling her Midwestern upbringing.