Marissa Gawel is a writer and photographer who’s reported on local and national issues for Detroit’s NPR station, collected oral histories in Detroit for a Tribeca Film Institute co/lab, and received a grant from National Geographic to document the stories behind roadside attractions.

She’s continued her work documenting these spaces as a contributor to SPACES archives, an organization dedicated to the documentation and preservation of large-scale art environments.

If interested in working together, email her at:

marissa.gawel@gmail.com

Photo clients and publications include:

Vogue Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Books, Vice, Virgin Atlantic, 99U Quarterly, Sundance Institute, GRAZIA Magazine, Hillary for America, Young Presidents’ Organization, Model D, The Detroit News, and Pelle Pelle.