Kim: I received my first camera at the age of 7, a cute little Kodak film camera, and I proceeded to photograph (and probably torture) my friends, family & Barbies with daily photo sessions. I loved everything about photography: the creative process of capturing what I saw in front of me, the search for the right light & angle, and the anticipation of waiting for my prints to come back (oh my, I am old enough that one used to send their film via regular mail to a lab to be developed!). In first grade, I fell in love with farms. It probably helped a little that my first crush was a cute boy in my class, who’s family owned a dairy farm down the road. Later on in college, I found inspiration from such well-known photographers as Dorothy Lange and Peter Miller, and I was drawn to their stunning agricultural photographs. In 2011, I launched my series, Locally Known, an on-going photo project exploring local farms and community agriculture. Inspired by my artistic desire to create a visual documentary of hard-working New England farmers, Locally Knowndeepens the connection between local farmers, producers and communities.
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