Karen Kallins

Karen has loved photographs from a very young age. She started taking pictures in 2nd grade when she made her first photo album, and she has never stopped. Her grandfather was a very talented photographer and her mother is an accomplished artist in many media including photography. Photography is definitely in her genes!

In college, when she learned how to develop photographs in a dark room, she fell in love with photography as a craft and not just as a way to document her life. While living and working in NYC, getting married, traveling, having a family, she dabbled with her camera whenever she could. It wasn’t until recently (2018) when the local library in Weston, CT started a photography club, that she realized she really wanted to focus more on her photography.  

Her photo style can be quirky. She likes people to look twice and sometimes to wonder what they are looking at. Many times, the viewer has to use his or her imagination because she has made the real subject unidentifiable by zooming in or using unusual angles. She likes to play with colors too. In her “Splash of Color” series, everything is black and white with one element in color.