Brianna was born and raised in Nebraska and became interested in photography in elementary school when her art teacher gave her a camera to document their fifth grade class.
After college she interned at the Palm Beach Post in West Palm Beach, Florida and the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, VA. She was hired by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 2016 and moved to Maine where she quickly fell in love with photographing the people and places in our beautiful state.
She’s been awarded by the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, Society of Professional Journalists and in 2020 received the MacGregor Fiske Award for early-career journalists in New England.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2024
In photos: See the action from Saturday’s championship basketball games
Take a look at some of our favorite images from the boys’ and girls’ basketball Class AA, A, C and D state championships.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2024
In photos: Willard Beach’s fishing shacks
Take a look at the three historic fishing shacks that stood for over a century on Fisherman’s Point at Willard Beach and were washed away in Saturday’s storm.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2024
In photos: Saving Brown’s Boatyard
Photos by staff photographer Brianna Soukup
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2024
In photos: Maine’s coast battered by yet another storm
Around 2 inches of rain fell Saturday in southern Maine, flooding low-lying streets and businesses, while a record-breaking high tide inundated the already-soggy coast, eroded beaches and washed away two iconic fishing shacks.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2023
In photos: Monument Square Christmas tree is all aglow
Portland’s Christmas tree arrived Nov. 15 after making the journey over the Veterans Memorial Bridge from its home in South Portland. The city chose the 50-foot blue spruce grown at 35 Lubec St. to stand in Monument Square during the holidays.
Photos by Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
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PublishedMarch 19, 2023
One of Us: Cooking friends Ethiopian food helps her feel closer to home
Roma Lama, who moved to Maine in 1999, says sharing food with others is a big part of her culture.
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PublishedMay 29, 2022
In photos: Last dance at Dirigo High
Press Herald photojournalist Brianna Soukup joined prom-goers from Dirigo High School at Black Mountain ski resort in Rumford, the school’s first since the coronavirus upended life in 2020.
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PublishedMay 15, 2022
What abortion rights mean to me
Six Mainers explain why Roe v. Wade is important to them personally.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2022
In photos: A memorable February
It snowed, and thawed, and sleeted and thawed, and snowed some more. On the 23rd, we claimed spring for a day, breaking records when the temperature soared to the mid-60s. It was a month of bad ice, high energy costs, good skiing and great high school sports. Here are some of the best photos from the month by Press Herald photographers.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2022
In photos: Saturday’s Maine high school basketball tournament games
High school basketball players made the shots and our photographers caught the action. Here are some of our favorite photos from Maine’s high school basketball tournament, February 26, 2022.
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