In the news

  • Heather Gallagher takes a photo from her car window at the beginning of COVID. She is wearing a mask and gloves.

    Austin American Statesmen, "Austin photographer captures life from the front seat of her car during coronavirus"

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  • A Black mother breastfeeds her baby while holding her toddler daughter. The mother is smiling at her daughter and the daughter is smiling looking into the camera.

    Austin Woman, "Meet birth-to-death-photographer Heather Gallagher

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“In both businesses, what the through line is, is that I am a witness first and foremost,” Gallagher says. “I really strive to hold space and to empower people in whatever they're going through.”

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Decibel by Austin PBS; “The Life Witness” January, 2020

KVUE Austin, May 2020

'It's a picture of humanity' | Austin photographer documents households during COVID-19 pandemic

With many people staying home, Heather Gallagher is hoping to capture as many households as possible to show us we're more similar than we think.

Print features

Public Speaking

  • Text says 'CURRENT' with a squiggly line underneath, on a light pink background.

    Current Conference 2019, Austin, TX

    Moderator for the panel “Building an inclusive brand”

  • A panel discussion at a conference with three women on stage. One woman is speaking into a microphone, the other two are listening. The stage has a wooden backdrop and a large white sign with the words 'CURRENT' and 'Presented by Dell Small Business.' The women are seated on a pink velvet sofa and a wooden lounge chair, with decorative vases and plants nearby.

  • Three women standing in a line, one wearing a pink tank top and jeans, another wearing a pink dress, and the third wearing a pink top with blue jeans. The middle woman's arm is being held by the woman on the left. The word 'missfits' is overlaid on the image.

  • Black and white portrait of a smiling woman with short dark hair, wearing a collared shirt, sitting on a couch with her arm raised.

    Misfits Fest; Austin, TX 2019

    Speaker: “How to tell your parents you’re not an engineer”

  • Event poster with a gradient orange background promoting a conversation about motherhood and parenthood. Features bold black text with event details, including date, location, and RSVP information, and social media handle in the top right corner.

  • Group of five women and a girl, smiling indoors. One woman wears a headwrap, another has a "texan feminist" T-shirt.

    Future Front Texas (formally Boss Babes, ATX), 2018

    Panelist, She Talks: Me, Myself & Parenthood

Podcasts

  • Graphic with layered rectangles containing the text 'Birth Stories in Color' in bold, colorful letters.

    Universal Language

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  • Logo for 'The Birth Hour,' a birth story podcast, featuring a silhouette of a pregnant woman with a clouded sky and mountain scene within the silhouette.

    Home birth to hospital transfer birth story

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  • Two illustrated messy bun hairstyles, one in brown and one in black, with the phrase "The Top Knot Squad" written below.

    Anti-Racism & Privilege

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  • Book cover titled 'Woke Beauty' by Riley Reed with an illustration of a figure with outstretched arms, surrounded by plant-like shapes, inside an arched frame. Four decorative symbols are in each corner of the cover. The tagline 'Rooted in Resilience' is on the left and right sides.

    Inventing a language and living across the spectrum

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  • A round button with the text "HELLO MY TRIBE" arranged in a circle around the edges.

    Inspire: Normalizing birth, death and everything in between

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  • Text on a beige background that reads 'LOVE INTENTLY' in large, dark purple font, with a curved reddish-brown shape at the bottom.

    Using photography to love beyond words

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