I'm a Midwest girl in love with photography and design. I go everywhere with my cameras. I wouldn't go anywhere without my music. I could happily survive off of cereal and milk. And I love love the smell of old books. I think there is a tooth fairy. I think that Santa Claus actually exists. I think vintage is better. I think secret handshakes are cool. I think vinyl is better than digital. I think that the small everyday moments are more incredible than the every once-in-awhile spectacular moments. I believe in karma. I believe that pinky swears still mean something. I believe in the greater good of mankind. I believe in trying to make a difference. And I believe that ordinary everyday people can make extraordinary differences in the world.

My name is Kelly. I live in a house I'm fixin' up on an acre of land just outside of Chicago with my dog Wrigley. And when I'm not workin' on the house I draw, design, take pictures, paint, travel, design and build community gardens, volunteer and teach undergrad design. I'm also on the Board of Directors for AIGA Chicago and EPIC (Engaging Philanthropy, Inspiring Creatives). I'm always up for collaboration projects + meeting new people! You can see my latest hijinks here on Flickr. You can also find me on Tumblr, Twitter + Facebook and Polanoid. And you can find more of my work here.

Feel free to drop me a line and say hello!

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All listening data I record in conjunction with my posted images is part of another long-term ongoing research project I'm working on.

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  • PECULIARBLISS - ISSUE FOUR by peculiarbliss
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a midwest girl's favorite photos from other Flickr members (4,962)

  • London, January 6th, 2012 by The Gentleman Amateur
  • in sunlight by lawatt
  • me & jean by lawatt
  • Rising sun by TIMODREY
  • The Arabian Gulf, November 12th, 2011 by The Gentleman Amateur
  • by ludwigwest
  • Forest Lakes, AZ by moominsean
  • Ship Rock, NM by moominsean
  • cactus garden, Joshua Tree NP #2 by philippe*
  • Salton Sea after the rain #2 by philippe*
  • at times the color of the world would bleed in unnoticed by benprks
  • atlas by lawatt
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    concrete4 says:

    "when i learn to type emotions
    i'll write something here"

    1st February, 2010

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    David Adam Salinas says:

    "great vision. its awesome the way your eyeballs talk to your brain and make your cameras remember cool shit!"

    13th December, 2009

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    Edward Olive Fotografo de boda Madrid Barcelona says:

    "really super oldschool feel polaroids"

    25th November, 2008

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    vrakodar says:

    "i went thru
    the entire bloody stretch
    and all i got to say is that,

    "you have come a long way , baby."

    and worth every single click.
    [pun intended]."

    9th May, 2008

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    drew... says:

    "she's just damn good... to elaborate, i love her minimalistic approach to her shots. if i had to choose one word to encapsulate why i love her work so, it would be "zen". it seems like every abstract shot is perfectly balanced, if that makes any sense. plus if you go through her flickr portfolio and read the descriptions... she clearly has excellent taste in music."

    13th March, 2008

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    Lala Lulu says:

    "when i look at your interests, its like looking at my itunes library or my movie collection....."

    23rd December, 2007

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    fitzhughfella says:

    "I particularly like the originality of girl.x's polaroid work. She is continually experimenting, asking questions and pushing back boundaries with her quirky eye for a picture. I always appreciate looking at her stream if only trying to puzzle out where she is coming from and where she hopes to go to. Unconventional, provocative even but, always enjoyable."

    11th November, 2007

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    paolo vigorito says:

    "first time i saw her photos i was shocked. there was so much poetry and intuition in her shoots. she still got it, and she doesnt want to lost this.
    sense of perispective and geometry, and all this attention to details and lights. she doesnt take pictures to remember, she shoots to freeze a feeling. her photos are made of colors and shapes and shadows.
    now that everyone can be a photographer, she shows us what a photographer can be now: a modern painter.
    she is one of my favourite, and her work a true inspiration for me."

    5th November, 2007

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    Gregory Johnson says:

    "is the best!"

    12th October, 2007

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    Mr Mikey Mike says:

    "According to fonts.com, the Romans appropriated the ‘x’ sound from the Chalcidian alphabet and represented it with the “chi” of the Ionic alphabet, which consisted of two diagonally crossed strokes. This letter became the prototype for both the capital and lowercase X we use today.

    So... how does that relate to girl.x and photography? I'm not exactly sure, but I do know that she takes some very thought-provoking photographs and is the queen of the polaroid. So there."

    10th May, 2007

Name:
kel
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I am:
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a midwest girl