"Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold." These words, uttered by 20th century photojournalist W. Eugene Smith, not only emblazon Nina Boe's business card, but her own perspective on photography as well. "I love being able to look through a lens and search for a scene that not everyone might catch, and still in time so that I can share it with others," she says. "Inevitably, one thing leads to another and I find myself seeing photography everywhere. There's no one that doesn't have a story."

Boe began her exploits in photography in middle school via a mere disposable camera, working her way up to simple, affordable point-and-shoot models that appeased her until high school, when she took a course in photography under Robert Barbarus at Chief Sealth High School in West Seattle. Inspired by working with black-and-white photography, as well as developing prints she took with her mother's Canon AT-1, Boe began to work more exclusively with 35mm photography until her favorite store for film processing and development went out of business a few years later. While a firm believer in film photography, she grudgingly acknowledged that we live in the age of technology, and purchased a Canon digital camera, a few years later switching to the Nikon model she currently uses (P80). While she ideally wishes to work up to a digital SLR camera, she currently uses her Nikon solely on manual settings, preferring the ability to actively work with both the camera and the shot to create the ideal result.

Boe lists some of her photographic inspirations as the following:

-- Jacob Riis, for his candid captures of the injust living conditions of the poor in 19th & 20th century New York City
-- W. Eugene Smith, a photojournalist with an eye for photographing life as it was, & commandeering the art of the photo essay
-- Jan Saudek, for his hand tinted and black and white works capturing people in in their daily lives
-- Art Wolfe, an utterly talented individual and fellow West Seattle-ite whose work inspires thousands worldwide
-- Jim Brandenburg, an environmental advocate whose photographs of wolves inspired me as a child to look into photography
-- Her friends and family who also enjoy photography: it's always a delight to see the world through new eyes.

Nina would also like to extend many thanks for the support and help she has received for her work, especially recently for her website. Topping the list, she would like to thank Erik Zidowecki for his extensive web knowledge and assistance with her website; her family and friends for their constant support, as well as those of whom pictures can be found on this website; and last but not least, you! Anyone who would like to link to her website, please just drop her an e-mail letting her know your website also. Many thanks!