SM Piotrowski
photographer, zine-maker, librarian
About
SM Piotrowski is a photographer, writer, and librarian from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, now living and working in Athens, Georgia. Stacey has been active in the zine community for over 25 years and currently produces two perzines, Phases of the Moon and Moonshot, and a monthly photozine called Hold Still. Her writing has also been published in Behind the Zines, Burnaway, and Georgia Library Quarterly.Stacey has a passion for concert photography and her images have appeared in the Athens Flagpole, Immersive Atlanta, and Impose Magazine, as well as a multitude of independent music blogs. Her photos have been featured in album artwork for musicians including Quintron, Linqua Franca, WesdaRuler, and Eureka California.Stacey received her BFA from the University of Georgia and her MLIS from Valdosta State University. She works as a cataloging librarian with the UGA Special Collections Libraries and would be thrilled to accept your zine donation to our community zine collection.
Okay, now that I’ve proven that I can write professionally about myself in the third person (ugh), here’s the fun stuff: I’m an Aries sun / Scorpio moon / Virgo rising and I feel the tension of this strange & conflicting trinary in every aspect of my being. I live with three rescue cats. I’m a recovering Catholic but can’t shake my nostalgia for the comfort of its weirdo superstitious rituals & pageantry. I don’t have a driver’s license. I went hitchhiking one summer and all I got was the most amazing birthdaughter in the entire world. My first camera was a neon pink Concord 110EF that my parents gave me for my First Communion. I’ve been photographing concerts since I was a teenager and at every show, I am still existentially torn between experiencing vs. documenting. I’m incurably sarcastic & insufferably romantic. I hate writing about my work because I have always felt that I make because I must and that’s all there is to it.
Contact
To reach me via email, please fill out: the contact form.I sell my zines on Ko-fi, or you can contact me for wholesale, cash, or trade inquiries. My zines are also carried by Antiquated Future, Behind the Zines Distro, Bizarro-Wuxtry (Athens, GA), Crapandemic, Quimby’s (Chicago), and Tangent Distro (Pittsburgh); and held by the libraries on this list.Prints of my photography are available upon request; please get in touch for details and pricing. I am committed to making my art affordable and accessible and am open to considering trades or sliding-scale pricing on a case-by-case basis.I post my photography on Tumblr. I track my reading on LibraryThing and my listening on Last.fm. My Facebook and Instagram accounts are mostly dormant.I write a very infrequent email newsletter called once in a blue moon. You can sign up for it here. (Please note, if you were previously subscribed to my TinyLetter, you will have to sign up again via this form, because I wasn’t aware TinyLetter was shutting down until it was too late.)
News
Mar. 7, 2025. Hold Still vol. 1, no. 4 (Cancer), is available for sale via Ko-fi (or contact me). As zinesters the world over have said throughout time immemorial: "Sorry this is so late." I still intend to finish this series... stay tuned & thank you for your patience!October 26, 2024. Hold Still vol. 1, no. 3 (Gemini), is available for sale via Ko-fi (or contact me).September 21, 2024. Finally added some photo galleries to this site :)September 12, 2024. Subscriptions to the first volume of Hold Still are now available for sale via Ko-fi (or contact me). Purchasing a subscription gets you all published issues of vol. 1 as of the time of your order, and then you will receive the remaining issues in the mail as they are printed. Only 5 available!September 11, 2024. I have an essay about watching Doctor Who with (and without) men in Cathode Ray Mission #3, edited by KM Ratticus. Copies are available from Behind the Zines Distro, Chicago Comics, and Quimby's (Chicago).
Meridian Brothers at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 15 May 2024
![[Quintron &] Miss Pussycat at The EARL, Atlanta, Georgia, 2 Sept. 2023](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHg9IjAiIHk9IjAiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAxMDMyIDY5MCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMzIiIGhlaWdodD0iNjkwIiBwcmVzZXJ2ZUFzcGVjdFJhdGlvPSJub25lIj48cmVjdCBmaWxsPSIjMTYxNjE2IiB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIi8%2BPC9zdmc%2B)
[Quintron &] Miss Pussycat at The EARL, Atlanta, Georgia, 2 Sept. 2023
![Quintron & [Miss Pussycat] at The EARL, Atlanta, Georgia, 2 Sept. 2023](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHg9IjAiIHk9IjAiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAxMDMyIDY5MCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMzIiIGhlaWdodD0iNjkwIiBwcmVzZXJ2ZUFzcGVjdFJhdGlvPSJub25lIj48cmVjdCBmaWxsPSIjMDgwODA4IiB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIi8%2BPC9zdmc%2B)
Quintron & [Miss Pussycat] at The EARL, Atlanta, Georgia, 2 Sept. 2023
The World/Inferno Friendship Society at The EARL, Atlanta, Georgia, 21 Jan. 2021
Gauche at the World Famous, Athens, Georgia, 28 July 2019
Gauche at the World Famous, Athens, Georgia, 28 July 2019
Flying Fish Cove at the Georgia Theatre (Rooftop), Athens, Georgia, 10 July 2019
WesdaRuler at the Georgia Theatre (Rooftop), Athens, Georgia, 7 June 2019
Ariel Ackerly at Flicker, Athens, Georgia, 12 Apr. 2019
Linqua Franqa at Nowhere Bar, Athens, Georgia, 6 Apr. 2019
Taylor Alxndr at Nowhere Bar, Athens, Georgia, 6 Apr. 2019
The Mummies at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2018 (Popfest)
The Mummies at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2018 (Popfest)
Man or Astro-man? at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2018 (Popfest)
Man or Astro-man? at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2018 (Popfest)
Eureka California at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2018 (Popfest)
Linqua Franqa at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2018 (Popfest)
Izzy True at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2018 (Popfest)
Ganser at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2018 (Popfest)
Ganser at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2018 (Popfest)
Portugal. The Man at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 27 Feb. 2018
Portugal. The Man at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 27 Feb. 2018
Linqua Franqa at Little Kings, Athens, Georgia, 24 Feb. 2018 (Model Minority LP Release)
Gogol Bordello at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 19 Oct. 2017
Kasabian at Terminal 5, New York City, 14 Sept. 2017
Kasabian at Terminal 5,
New York City, 14 Sept. 2017
Lætitia Sadier Source Ensemble at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2017 (Popfest)
R. Ring at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 11 Aug. 2017 (Popfest)
The Apples in stereo at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 10 Aug. 2017 (Popfest)
Waxahatchee at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 10 Aug. 2017 (Popfest)
The Gotobeds at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 10 Aug. 2017 (Popfest)
The Gotobeds at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 10 Aug. 2017 (Popfest)
Red Pony Clock at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 10 Aug. 2017 (Popfest)
The Darnell Boys at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 13 May 2016
Outersea at Little Kings, Athens, Georgia, 25 Mar. 2016
![[Quintron &] Miss Pussycat at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia, 30 Nov. 2015](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHg9IjAiIHk9IjAiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAxMDMwIDY5MCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMzAiIGhlaWdodD0iNjkwIiBwcmVzZXJ2ZUFzcGVjdFJhdGlvPSJub25lIj48cmVjdCBmaWxsPSIjMjYxZjJlIiB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIi8%2BPC9zdmc%2B)
[Quintron &] Miss Pussycat at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia, 30 Nov. 2015
Dax Riggs at The EARL, Atlanta, Georgia, 20 June 2015
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 18 May 2015
The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 18 May 2015
Circulatory System at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 18 May 2015
Mind Brains at Little Kings, Athens, Georgia, 9 Apr. 2015
The New Sound of Numbers at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia, 22 Mar. 2014 (Slingshot Festival)
Space Trucks at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 21 Mar. 2014 (Slingshot Festival)
Motherfucker at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia, 28 Feb. 2014
French Exit at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia, 21 Nov. 2013 (Cloud Recordings Festival)
Moths at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia, 20 Nov. 2013 (Cloud Recordings Festival)
![Quintron [& Miss Pussycat] at Little Kings, Athens, Georgia, 16 Nov. 2013](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHg9IjAiIHk9IjAiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NjEgNjkwIiB3aWR0aD0iNDYxIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjY5MCIgcHJlc2VydmVBc3BlY3RSYXRpbz0ibm9uZSI%2BPHJlY3QgZmlsbD0iIzIzMTIwZiIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIvPjwvc3ZnPg%3D%3D)
Quintron [& Miss Pussycat] at Little Kings, Athens, Georgia, 16 Nov. 2013
Lonesome Leash at Flicker, Athens, Georgia, 23 Sep. 2013
Sea of Dogs at Flicker, Athens, Georgia, 20 June 2013 (AthFest)
Willie Heath Neal at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia, 7 June 2013
El Hollín at Little Kings, Athens, Georgia, 29 Mar. 2013
The Music Tapes Traveling Imaginary at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 25 Jan. 2013
Days of Beyond Thunder at Farm255, Athens, Georgia, 22 Aug. 2012
Mouser at Farm255, Athens, Georgia, 4 Aug. 2012
The Olivia Tremor Control (with visuals by Eye Gate) at the Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 26 July 2012
Days of Beyond Thunder at Farm255, Athens, Georgia, 17 July 2012
The Max Levine Ensemble at Go Bar, Athens, Georgia, 28 Dec. 2011
Deerhoof at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 5 Feb. 2011
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 1 Dec. 2010
The Fuzzlers at the Secret Squirrel, Athens, Georgia, 10 June 2010
The Music Tapes Holiday Cheer Caroling at Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 22 Dec. 2009
Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? at the Secret Squirrel, Athens, Georgia, 29 Nov. 2008
Quintron at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 24 Nov. 2008
Mouser at Tasty World, Athens, Georgia, 19 Nov. 2007
o'death at Death By Audio, Brooklyn, New York, 15 Oct. 2007
o'death at Death By Audio, Brooklyn, New York, 15 Oct. 2007
Mouser at the Secret Squirrel, Athens, Georgia, 4 July 2007
Bellyache at the Secret Squirrel, Athens, Georgia, 23 May 2007
O'Haste Annihilation at Little Kings, Athens, Georgia, 12 Apr. 2007
American Cheeseburger at Repent, Athens, Georgia, 7 Apr. 2007
Society of Probable Monsters at FDR, Athens, Georgia, 1 Apr. 2007
Zydepunks at the Dragon’s Den, New Orleans, Louisiana, 17 Feb. 2007
Madeline at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, 3 Feb. 2007
Titans of Filth at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia, 18 Jan. 2007
Skinny Puppy at The World, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 7 Nov. 2004
![[Quintron &] Miss Pussycat at The EARL, Atlanta, Georgia, 2 Sept. 2023](assets/images/gallery01/d64c4060_original.jpg?v=292b8398)
![Quintron & [Miss Pussycat] at The EARL, Atlanta, Georgia, 2 Sept. 2023](assets/images/gallery01/c0356b59_original.jpg?v=292b8398)
![[Quintron &] Miss Pussycat at the Caledonia Lounge, Athens, Georgia, 30 Nov. 2015](assets/images/gallery01/2dac0cd9_original.jpg?v=292b8398)
![Quintron [& Miss Pussycat] at Little Kings, Athens, Georgia, 16 Nov. 2013](assets/images/gallery01/1adc0ebd_original.jpg?v=292b8398)
Grayson Houser, Athens, Georgia, 12 Jan. 2020
WesdaRuler, Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia, 29 May 2019
Jamie & Geoff, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 24 Aug. 2018
Eureka California, State Botanical Garden, Athens, Georgia, 28 Jan. 2018
Linqua Franqa, Athens, Georgia, 1 Oct. 2017
Pete with injured bird, Athens, Georgia, 23 Apr. 2017
Dena in her room, Athens, Georgia, 7 Dec. 2014
Kt, Athens, Georgia, Mar. 2012
Lydian, Athens, Georgia, Mar. 2012
Josh, Athens, Georgia, Nov. 2011
Dave, Athens, Georgia, Nov. 2011
Will, Athens, Georgia, Nov. 2011
Colby sleeping, the Mild Manor, Athens, Georgia, 18 Sept. 2011
Emily, Athens, Georgia, 11 Nov. 2010
Colby with garlic, Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 24 Feb. 2010
![Polyhymnia [Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 5 Nov. 2009]](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHg9IjAiIHk9IjAiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTcgNjkwIiB3aWR0aD0iNDU3IiBoZWlnaHQ9IjY5MCIgcHJlc2VydmVBc3BlY3RSYXRpbz0ibm9uZSI%2BPHJlY3QgZmlsbD0iIzFlMWUxZSIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIvPjwvc3ZnPg%3D%3D)
Polyhymnia [Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 5 Nov. 2009]
David, Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 14 Oct. 2009
Eddy, Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, Sept. 2009
Colby, Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 31 Aug. 2009
Julia, Carrie Furnace, Rankin, Pennsylvania, 9 Aug. 2009
Colby sleeping, Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 4 Nov. 2007
Colby with banjo, Athens, Georgia, 18 July 2007
Charlie, Repent, Athens, Georgia, 31 May 2007
Kai, Athens, Georgia, 5 Apr. 2007
Kai, Athens, Georgia, 5 Apr. 2007
David, 666 House, Athens, Georgia, 3 Nov. 2006
David, 666 House, Athens, Georgia, 3 Nov. 2006
Frederick, New Orleans, Louisiana, 8 Feb. 2005 (Mardi Gras)
Amul, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2004
Amul, House of the Rising Moon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 2004
![Polyhymnia [Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 5 Nov. 2009]](assets/images/gallery02/ba31229a_original.jpg?v=292b8398)
6-second exposure of the sky during a geomagnetic storm, Athens, Georgia, 11 May 2024
Schaefer's Auto Art, Erie, Pennsylvania, 9 Apr. 2024
Total Solar Eclipse over Perry Square, Erie, Pennsylvania, 8 Apr. 2024, 15:19:39 EDT
The sky as totality approaches, Perry Square, Erie, Pennsylvania, 8 Apr. 2024
Presque Isle, Erie, Pennsylvania, 7 Apr. 2024
Partial solar eclipse, Athens, Georgia, 14 Oct. 2023
3rd annual Above Athens Hot Air Balloon Festival, Sandy Creek Park, Athens, Georgia, 30 Sept. 2023
Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, Virginia, 29 July 2023
Sunrise from the 6th floor of Bond House at UVA, Charlottesville, Virginia, 26 July 2023
KPIT to KATL, 17 Jan. 2023
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Athens, Georgia, Halloween 2022
Athens, Georgia, 16 May 2022
Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse, Athens, Georgia, 16 May 2022
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, 6 May 2022
Pulaski Street, Athens, Georgia, 26 Jan. 2022
Behind Sw Jozefa Cmentarz / St. Joseph Cemetery, Everson, Pennsylvania, 18 Oct. 2021
Howard Finster's Paradise Garden, Summerville, Georgia, 17 Sept. 2021
Athens, Georgia, 21 July 2021
Behind The Grit, Athens, Georgia, 12 Jan. 2020
I-81 near Strasburg, Virginia, 1 Dec. 2019
Sears closing, Georgia Square Mall, Athens, Georgia, 2 Nov. 2019
SouthSide Stripers vs. Automatic Meatballs, Bishop Park Field 1, Athens, Georgia, 12 Aug. 2019
Carrick, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 19 May 2019
Super Blood Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse, Athens, Georgia, 21 Jan. 2019
Tallulah Gorge State Park, Tallulah Falls, Georgia, 13 Oct. 2018
City steps, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 27 Aug. 2018
The Landfill, Athens, Georgia, 28 July 2018
Treloar House, Charlotte, North Carolina, 9 May 2018
The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ at Macy's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 Dec. 2017
The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ at Macy's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 Dec. 2017
The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ at Macy's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 Dec. 2017
Saltpeter Cave on Cedar Creek Trail, Natural Bridge, Virginia, 18 Sept. 2017
Natural Bridge, Virginia, 18 Sept. 2017
Luray Caverns, Luray, Virginia, 17 Sept. 2017
Bathroom remodel, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania, 17 July 2017
Former B&C Grocery, Athens, Georgia, 2 Oct. 2016
Bavarian Wave-Swinger, Kennywood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 13 Aug. 2016
Madison, Georgia, 12 Dec. 2015
Abandoned factory (Bending Works? Chair Co.?), Fort Massac State Park, Metropolis, Illinois, 19 Oct. 2015
Abandoned factory (Bending Works? Chair Co.?), Fort Massac State Park, Metropolis, Illinois, 19 Oct. 2015
Alto Vista Chapel, Noord, Aruba, 2 Aug. 2015
Free House U Move It, Athens, Georgia, 12 May 2015
Orange Twin, Athens, Georgia, 10 May 2015
New Way Cleaners, Athens, Georgia, 1 Apr. 2015
New Way Cleaners, Athens, Georgia, 1 Apr. 2015
Mineral Springs at Raccoon Creek State Park, Hookstown, Pennsylvania, 12 Aug. 2012
Pulaski Street, Athens, Georgia, 1 July 2012
Supermoon on Ruth Street, Athens, Georgia, 5 May 2012
RIP Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 27 Feb. 2011
10-minute exposure on Ruth Street, Athens, Georgia, Feb. 2011
Athens, Georgia, Feb. 2011
Helen, Georgia, 6 July 2010
Luna Moth, Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, 10 Nov. 2009
The Shack, Spillage Home for Wayward Youth, Athens, Georgia, Oct. 2009
St. Basil's Elementary School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 9 Aug. 2009
State Botanical Garden, Athens, Georgia, 26 July 2009
Georgia Theatre Fire, Athens, Georgia, 19 June 2009
Athens, Georgia, 31 Jan. 2007
Doster Bros. Garage, Athens, Georgia, 18 Jan. 2007
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (?), Aug. 2005
The Metropolitan Hotel, Asbury Park, New Jersey, 2 Aug. 2005
New Orleans, Louisiana, 8 Feb. 2005 (Mardi Gras)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 24 Nov. 2004
New Orleans, Louisiana, 28 Oct. 2004
Pittsburgh to Chicago via Greyhound, 5 Apr. 2004
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (?), 2004
