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Kim’s journey
Kim married that sweet guy who sat across from her in an environmental policy graduate class. She and David embarked on careers in environmental education that took them first to Santa Fe, New Mexico and then to Columbia, Missouri (Kim’s hometown).
Meanwhile, Kim had been taking photography courses on the side, wherever she was, whenever she got the chance: the Rhode Island School of Design, Santa Fe Workshops, U of Michigan, and the Photojournalism Sequence at the U of Missouri. The classes fueled her passion, but how to make space for photography day-to-day?
After giving birth to Elliot (b. 1999) and then Sophie (b. 2001), Kim started using her camera more and more; Elliot’s face turned toward blue sky and waves, Sophie’s eyes dark and round as her soft toes touched salty wet sand for the first time. That thrill Kim felt at age 12 when Grandpa Kelly gave her a silver and black Minolta camera was back. After testing her family’s patience during one vacation (“let’s just take one more picture?!”), Kim realized: “this isn’t just a pastime, it’s what I want to do professionally!”
Wanting to create great pictures and make a living in a way that allowed her more time with her kids, Kim wondered, “Could I make photos of kids and families living their real, common-yet-extraordinary, lives? Is there anyone in town already doing that?”
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