Loves to travel, drink, eat, and laugh. Oh, and take photos!

Kristen Gill is a travel photographer who enjoys shooting 'from the hip'. She doesn't spend a lot of time setting up equipment, but prefers to capture spontaneous moments and movements in time. Kristen's photos tend to focus on lively street scenes, wide-angled landscapes, architecture, portraits, and night photography.

She became addicted to travel from the moment she made her first trans-Atlantic flight to Ireland at the age of 16. Since then she has traveled and photographed extensively throughout 50+ countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

"My vision is to examine photography's place in contemporary culture, as well as explore its possibilities for social change. I have slept in caves in remote forests in Brazil, lived with hill tribes in northern Vietnam, laughed with the Irish over pints of Guinness, and documented street protests in Spain and Argentina. My approach with photography is to capture diverse cultures, but also to find the commonality between people."

Kristen shoots with both digital and film cameras, and also enjoys experimenting with Holga pinhole cameras. Born and raised in Chicago, Kristen has lived in Dublin, Ireland, and New York City, but now enjoys Seattle as a home base.