Justine Kirby was born and raised in the South Island of New Zealand. After moving to New York City for what was to be two or three years, she took the opportunity to travel to a few countries. That was more than 25 years ago. Justine, now a longtime New Yorker, enjoys traveling all over the world. She has visited about 180 countries and the 50 US states.
Justine's interest in photography grew with her interest in travel. For many years, like most people, photography was a means of recording what she saw in different places. Justine then devoted more time to learning about photography. The following (shamelessly pilfered) quote sums up how she now thinks about it: "Don't take pictures of interesting things; make interesting pictures of things."
Justine has attended many photography courses, photography workshops and photo safaris, including in:
- New York (PhotoUno; International Center of Photography)
- Washington, DC (Capital Photography Center; Washington Photo Safari)
- Siem Reap (Angkor Travel Photography) and
- Paris (David Henry).
When she's not traveling the world, Justine works as a lawyer in the financial services industry. She has undergraduate degrees in law, economics and math from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and a master's degree in law from Harvard Law School.
