Born and raised on the West Coast of Florida, Kim moved to the Southwest and fell in love with the landscape. After spending most of her life as a professional dancer for the Walt Disney Company and many notable choreographers, she found herself at the crossroads of a career change. She now turned her artistic vision and passion to photography. The ever-evolving light and iconic landscapes of the American Southwest, combined with a lifelong interest in photographic imagery, sparked the realization that her new calling lie behind the lens of a camera. Although her work takes her to many scenic areas, her true love is the regions of Arizona, the Colorado Plateau and Southern Utah. Through her images, Kim attempts to uncover the small and intimate moments contained within the grand and sweeping scale of these vast open spaces.
Kim attended the Academy of Arts University, but credits most of her inspiration to the masters she has studied with through workshops and those she has met working in the field. These include David Muench, Jack Dykinga and John Fielder.
Kim’s work can be seen at her gallery, Purple Sky Photography and other galleries in the Southwest, where Kim has been a featured artist on numerous occasions. Kim has also been honored by the Sedona Arts Center and Photographer’s Forum.
Kim’s photography has been published in calendars, album covers, multimedia displays and “Photographer’s Forum 2008 Annual”. Her most recent assignment was to shoot a lesser-traveled trail in Sedona for the new Arizona Highways Hiking Guide.
Kim leads photography workshops with her business partner, Derek von Briesen for their company Southwest Perspectives, as well as teaching private and semi-private lessons in the Southwest.
