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Sean Smith’s fascination with photography began when he was a staff member at the Williamsburg Inn in the 1990s. That’s when a coworker sold him a Pentax K1000, the classic, all-manual “tank” of a camera beloved by photography students—back in the pre-digital, traditional 35mm film days—for its durability and simplicity.

He took a few photography classes at a local community college, spent some time at VCU and George Mason University and found his way through a career that took him in and out of the media and restaurant/service industries. That included a stint at a dream job as a public affairs photographer for NASA Langley, during which images he captured of Space Shuttle Discovery’s last flight made their way to the pages of National Geographic and The New York Times. read more at Coastal Living Magazine

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