Karen Kallins is a self-taught photographer with a background in advertising from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Her work has received honorable mentions and awards in international photography competitions and has been exhibited in numerous juried exhibitions at galleries and art centers.

Her interest in photography began at a young age and evolved from taking snapshots to exploring the medium as both craft and artistic expression. Darkroom studies in college deepened her appreciation for photography as a creative process and sparked a fascination with the visual possibilities found in ordinary subjects.

Whether exploring the natural world, abstract forms, or scenes from everyday life, she creates images that balance beauty with ambiguity, inviting viewers to pause, look more closely, and discover details, patterns, and relationships that might otherwise go unnoticed.

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