Dr. Tomayia Colvin

Dr. Tomayia Colvin, Sony Artisan of Imagery, is a high school senior portrait photographer and business educator in Houston, Texas. She’s the founder of Tomayia Colvin Education + The Photo Cookout. She advocates for the voices and equity of Black photographers and business owners. 

Dr. Colvin has spoken on Creative Live at numerous photography conferences such as WPPI, Imaging USA, United hosted by Showit, and a host of others. She is also the Founder of The Photo Cookout, the only Black photography conference in the United States. 
 
Dr. Colvin has been featured in articles in Professional Photography Magazine, Rangefinder Magazine, ShootProof, Black Enterprise, local newspapers, and radio stations nationwide.

Dr. Colvin is the author of two best-selling children’s books, Mya’s Big Adventures: Career Day and The Adventure of Jaxon Maxwell: Jaxon Saves Christmas.  

She’s the mom of two. She believes in finding joy.