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Caitlin M. Kelly

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

I blame my wanderlust on my mother and National Geographic. My earliest memories of the world were formed from looking at maps with my mom, identifying countries I had never heard of and being enthralled by the vibrant colors and human faces of National Geographic. People and their relationships to their culture and surroundings continue to be my favorite subjects to photograph.

In 1995 I finished my undergraduate degree in journalism at Boston University and promptly moved to the other side of the country to work as a newspaper photographer. Eventually returning to school, in 2002 I finished a masters in anthropology at California State University Fullerton. My thesis in visual anthropology explored the intersection of photography, newspapers and public opinion in a retrospective look at 13 years of photography from the Vietnam War published on the front page of the New York Times. I view photography as a powerful medium, capable of communicating the joys, disasters, triumphs and inequality of and to the world. Through my work I explore and hope to communicate both the sameness of the human race and rejoice in the diversity of people and places.

After 12 years working in the LA market, my desire to live in a foreign country brought me to Buenos Aires, Argentina. A glutton for punishment, I decided a new language was in order and immersed myself in the Argentine culture. I began chronicling my experiences in both photographs and words on a blog: Unimportant observations. Having now fully fallen in love with the accent, alfajores and no longer a vegetarian, I have decided to stay. Although the desire for change is always present, I feel as long as I can periodically rearrange the furniture in my apartment I'll be okay in Argentina for a while yet.

VISIT HER BLOG: lapelirroja.wordpress.com