Barbara Levy Kipper is Chairman of the Chas. Levy Company, the 115 year old business her grandfather founded. The company distributes books to mass-market retailers nationally.
Barbara's true passion for photography was ignited in 2002 after a frustrating six month stint trying to be a watercolorist. She ultimately decided it was an art form for which she had little talent. Photographic color and composition somehow came naturally although not without their own frustrations. It has been a joyous relationship ever since. That there is also attendant gear, books and color accuracy to research just adds to the enjoyment.
Barbara is married to clinical psychologist David Kipper and has two grown daughters, Talia and Tamar.
"Seeing the world utilizing a camera enables me to experience it more intensely. The acts of selecting and isolating elements add to my appreciation of its complexity. I find it essential, however, to put down the camera from time to time and be fully present in the moment itself without having something between me and that moment."