Rana X. is a 28 year old photographer from the Boston area.

  Originally trained as a painter she began taking photos in 2004 when she found herself living in a tiny dorm with no room to paint.
  Her photography ranges from fine art portraiture and fashion photography to surreal images of urban decay and abandoned places. She works freelance taking portraits for clients, bands, actors, and models.
  Her urban decay work often finds her travelling all over the US to photograph new sites. She has documented sites in 16 states as well as Paris, Tokyo, and London. Future trips both inside the US and abroad are in the works.
   She is currently in school studying History
and this love for the past was what prompted her, along with her experience working for the Dept. of Mental Health in Danvers MA, to begin exploring and documenting the architecturally and historically significant New England asylums that are currently being demolished at a saddening pace. 
  Rana X. was featured in the March 2007 issue of Popular Photography and had her first solo gallery showing in 2008