Photographer expands providers and strikes to Main Street storefront in Medina

By Ginny Kropf, correspondent Posted 19 July 2026 at 8:51 am

MEDINA – Photography has been a ardour for Alexandra Peracciny since she was 10. Along with a 30-year profession instructing French and Spanish at Medina High School, Peracciny has maintained her curiosity in pictures.

“I loved the idea of preserving memories,” Peracciny stated. “That was a big attraction for me. In those days, film was a challenge and I love challenges and capturing a good image, especially on film.”

She obtained her first skilled digital camera on the age of 16. She graduated from Royalton-Hartland Central School, and after getting her certification to show, she went again and bought licensed in pictures. She started taking skilled portraits in 2007, and in 2018  opened her first studio above The Booke Shoppe within the constructing that was owned by her mother and father. When they bought the constructing, in 2024 she moved above Blissett’s. This spring a storefront turned out there at 426 Main St., and she or he took benefit of the chance.

Her new location permits her house for a studio, the provision to supply courses and have a retail retailer, the place she has a choice of Medina-themed gadgets, photos and items.

It has additionally supplied house for Peracciny to host a Community Photography Exhibition, showcasing works of 15 native amateurs. It is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 23, and correlates to the Medina Triennial’s theme, “All that Sustains Us.”

The exhibit is free to the general public and lightweight refreshments will likely be out there. More than 50 images will likely be featured and can stay on show till Labor Day.

Regular hours of the studio are 6 to eight p.m. Tuesday, 12 to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 11 a.m. to three p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“I wanted to do something special for the Triennial,” Peracciny stated. “I wanted to join in their theme, and I hope to make it an annual event.”