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Kirsty Mitchell is a highly-
acclaimed photographer whose work
has been featured in such magazines
as Italian Vogue, Harper's Bazar
and Stern Magazine, while also
appearing on popular websites like
Huffington Post, Daily Mail, and
the BBC News. With over 260,000
followers on social media, she is
becoming a household name in the
field of photography and is showing
no signs of stopping with her
original creations.

Kirsty Mitchell is a highly- acclaimed
photographer whose work has been
featured in such magazines as Italian
Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Stern
Magazine, while also appearing on popular
websites like Huffington Post, Daily Mail,
and the BBC News. With over 260,000
followers on social media, she is becoming
a h o u s e h o l d n a m e i n t h e f i e l d o f
photography and is showing no signs of
stopping with her original creations.

Born in 1976 in the English countryside of
Kent, sometimes known as “the Garden of
England,” Mitchell lived an idyllic childhood
and said that her earliest memories consist
of time spent with her mother, who would
read fantastic stories to Kirsty and ensnare
her in a world of wonder at a young age.
Mitchell’s mom was a beloved English
teacher who also wrote her stories and
plays and would delight Kirsty by reading
them, altering her voice for each
character, pausing for dramatic effect to
afford Kirsty the most shock and awe.
Kirsty says that her mother “instilled in me
the most precious gift a mother could – her
imagination and a belief in beauty.” The
influence of her mother remained
imprinted upon Mitchell’s heart and soul as
she grew and pursued a career in art and,
to this day, she thanks her mother for
causing such a perfect union of imagination
and desire for seeking out the beauty in
life.

Art became Kirsty’s sole passion, and she
studied in various schools until she was 25
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