Life & Work with Dyanne Horgan of Atlanta

Today we’d like to introduce you to Dyanne Horgan.

Hi Dyanne, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
Ripe Ink Press is a risograph and design studio based in Atlanta, GA, that offers custom prints, commissions, and graphic design services to the greater Southeast creative community. Owned and operated by me, Dyanne Horgan, a printmaker and photographer who specializes in color-separated photographic prints. In 2025, I began teaching risograph workshops and classes at Atlanta Printmakers Studio. Through this work, I found and foster the power of a deeply collaborative creative practice rooted in shared experimentation and community. This environment continually fuels my creative drive and informs my approach to making. Ripe Ink Press is dedicated to working with local artists, designers, and cultural organizations.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
One of the biggest challenges I have had to face so far is being able to find the balance between a professional graphic design career and an active artistic practice outside of the office. It is not always easy to find the time and space to want to keep creating after work. I am in the process of trying to move away from a 9-5 job so I can dedicate all of my creative energy towards Ripe Ink Press.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I’m a multimedia designer who utilizes the printmaking process of risograph to print photographic compositions. My work is familiar, nostalgic, and deeply personal; scenes of southern identity, life and childhood that preserve the short-lived moments most susceptible to being lost with time.

A labor intensive production across several different mediums is a key component in the concepts behind my prints. Using the transient and low-fi process of risograph, I juxtapose its ephemeral qualities with more traditional photographic processes. By diverting archival film into a printing medium with uncertain longevity, I analyze the feeble, ever-changing, and subjective nature of memory. The photo is a still frame that stories can be built around, whether they are true to history or not. You are solidifying a glimpse of a memory. Similarly, offset printing changes the appearance of a photograph making it an expansion of its original source. Through the printing process, I embody the effect biases and time have on memory.

What makes you happy?
Making something physical with my hands is something that makes me really happy. As a graphic designer, most of your time is spent on a computer. I find that the further we move towards automation and efficiency, the more I’m drawn to long and tedious forms of making like risograph printing, book-making, or sewing. The act of slowing down and sitting with each stitch and each physical decision breeds so much satisfaction even if the results are less than perfect.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.ripeinkpress.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ripeinkpress/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dyannehorgan/