Joyce Melville Vance is a freelance photographer who has lived in Kansas City all her life. She became interested in photography in the early 80’s while working for the U.S. Customs Service. A co-worker introduced her to what now is her life passion. Money was tight but with an unexpected check, she was able to purchase her first camera, a 35mm Canon AE1 Program. And as the saying goes, “the rest is history.” This would become one of God’s gifts she would truly come to love. In December of 2003, Joyce ventured into the digital world of photography and began shooting with a Nikon D100. This opened up an entire new facet to her, giving her more freedom to create and capture the moment in which she now enjoys even more.
Within her imagination and heart felt thoughts Joyce began capturing these moments in her photography. Joyce is attracted to the uniqueness in everyday things that she photographs, transforming them into expressions of her heart. “My photography is my life, it is where my heart and passion lies.” “Most of my photos are a reflection of me – the moods and hurts we feel, in the people we see, reverberating the cycle of life we live day to day traveling sometimes on a road going nowhere.”
“But they all are pieces of who I am.”
Joyce
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