[4] In 2000, Gannaway graduated from Virginia Intermont College with a bachelor's degree in fine art photography.
Her first job after college was at the 8,000 circulation Coalfield Progress, a twice-a-week newspaper in rural southwest Virginia.
"[4] Gannaway told Popular Photography, "Often people don't realize that that's the darkest time for a family with someone so sick -- when the house gets quiet and other friends and community members get back to their lives.
[5] In 2013 Gannaway self-published, "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," a visual essay documenting the working-class seaside community of Ocean View, Virginia.
[9][10][11] ISBN 978-0-9911098-0-7 Gannaway's work was included in the 2015 Annual Juried Members Exhibition at San Francisco's Cameraworks.