Jo Ann Chaus is a photographer based in New York City.
Her formal education includes a BS from Boston University, two Certificates of Study from the International Center of Photography in NYC, and advanced workshop studies at Maine Media College. She is known for two bodies of work, “Sweetie & Hansom” (2008-2015), self-published in 2015, and the “Conversations” work, “Conversations with Myself” (2016-2022), and “Conversations Continued” (2022-present). Her current work is to be published in 2025.
Her areas of interest lie in the psychological states of mind of women she personifies in her expansive self-portrait collection. Her work depicts a conceptual and metaphorical study of a continual state of evolution, possibility and expression of the self in and through the work.
