Shelby Coppola
Writer • Photographer • Public Relations
Shelby Coppola is a Brooklyn-based photographer and poet who is a PR professional by day and creative by night. Currently, she is pitching a memoir that shares the reality of loving someone struggling with addiction and moving forward with grief. In her downtime, this francophile can be found traveling, taking film photography, reading poetry at an open mic or spinning vinyl as she types away on her vintage typewriter in her urban backyard.
Writer
Shelby began writing at a young age; mashing together her own words as a way to engage her imagination and process the world around her. At age 20 she decided she wanted to become a screenwriter before she graduated The University of St. Joseph's with her B.A in English. In 2016 she moved to New York after getting a P.A job on Gotham Season 3, and has been there ever since. Three years into her film career, the death of her late-boyfriend ignited a spark. Coppola quit the grueling world of film production to make a living doing what she loves; writing.
Photographer
Shelby began to see the world differently when she exchanged her phone for a film camera. She leaned into 120mm, shooting analog on a Hasselblad built in the late 1950's. With 12 exposures per roll, Shelby chose her frame carefully, adjusting the aperture and selecting the exposure by instinct. Behind the lens she captures the energy of life and people as they are, preserving each moment forever.
"For me, writing brings peace, hope and possibility. I believe words are healing. They are connectors that bring people together, but also have the power to tear them apart. I use writing to express feeling, to understand the human condition, to show others we are never alone. It is my goal to capture the ephemera that we can never truly hold onto."
— Shelby Coppola
Public Relations
Shelby Coppola began doing PR in 2020 with Hummingbird Media, managing clients in the Consumer Audio space. Nearly three years into this career, she continues to maintain clients with Hummingbird, but has also broadened her scope by personally representing small lifestyle brands and creatives that offer valuable, creative and niche services. She loves collaborating with like-minded people to align with their initiatives and connect them with the best publications to service their brand.