Artist Statement

As an avid traveler (50+ countries so far) Kirsten is drawn to powerful moments in nature, as well as emotive scenes found in the everyday lives of people around the globe. Using dreamy blur and photojournalistic techniques, she aims to convey the sense that epic beauty is absolutely everywhere in our world.

Bio

Kirsten Smith is a writer, photographer, and world traveler based in San Francisco. Her photography can be found in Broken Lens Journal, Cosmic Daffodil, Vagabond City Lit, and more. Her stories have appeared in magazines including Sage Cigarettes and Esoterica. In 2015, Kirsten quit her corporate job to travel the world solo for 1 year — she visited 24 countries across 5 continents, and documented it all in words and photographs in her travel blog, The Wallflower Wanderer. She hasn’t stopped capturing the world around her in words and images since.

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