Victoria Smith
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Born on the fall equinox (my claim to fame) in upstate New York, 1 of 8 brothers and sisters, had a camera since kindergarten (I liked setting up fashion shoots on the playground), walked the creeks & fields, danced ballet, tap & jazz for 9 years, wrote poetry & songs, beauty pageant winner, rebel, model (yes I did!).. moved out when I was 14 & worked at McDonalds, moved to Boise Idaho for 4 months when I was 16... opened my eyes to a real peace.. and Bob Marley, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and wearing hemp hair wraps. Got my diploma & degree in the arts at 19 years old.Got in my car & traveled America for 4 months. After meeting folks in the dead of night on a no where dirt road at the Grand Canyon, I found myself in the Northern California Mountains for years again running creeks & ridges, making pottery, getting tan. Did a moonlighting in the Santa Cruz Mountains for 8 months while attending the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Ditched school after 1 year, moved in SF, taught gymnastics. After 2 weeks I met a band through my window, they were staying in the hotel across the way.. we talked through the windows, they were playing at the Warfield Theater. Long story short Andy Slater now the president of Capitol Records. Then the Wallflowers manager, came over with Jakob Dylan, Bob's son, at the end of the night. He looked at my photo work which consisted of unfazed people, invited me to do some photos on a short tour The Wallflowers would be having. We never Spoke of it again, & it never happened, but after that night some magic kinda happened. I mean there had been other times where there was leakage of some kind of magic, but after this night the flood gates were opened & I started randomly & regularly having bands over. I would like to do a portrait in my bathroom, where the light was good, It was just life & times see, it was just what was happening… and I got to taking it seriously and I guess I have yet to see where this goes… but times, and the magic level, are constantly a changin'… either way I've realized myself a manifestor & a gypsy for the moment.
Fine art prints on archival photo paper are available for each image in 3 sizes:
11" x 14" - open edition - $350
16" x 20" - edition of $500
20" x 24" - edition of - $750
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