Kim Simpson

Kim M. Simpson has 30 years of experience in politics, journalism, communications, photography, and government. She has worked at the White House, the Pentagon, and for Members of Congress, serving as Chief of Staff and District Director. She has extensive experience in political and private sector fundraising, writing and communications, including direct mail, strategic communications, photography, event planning political strategic planning, and public affairs issue management

She implemented all facets of communications for the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) and the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U.S. Intelligence Community. A former Political Reporter, she worked for nearly 10 years at television and radio stations in the Midwest. She also has extensive experience in professional photography, specializing in Black and White Fine Arts Silver Gelatin Prints (Selenium-toned) and color film and digital photography.

Since 1999, she has owned a business that she founded - For The Record Photography & Public Affairs, Inc. - which specializes in fundraising, communications and photography for Members of Congress, Non-Profit Organizations, Associations, Corporations, and Government in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Region.

She passionately believes in that old saying: Do what you love, love what you do. Based on that belief she made a leap of faith in creating her own business, and 12 years later, continues to provide quality services, strategies and photography for her clients. A former television reporter, she employs a photo-journalistic style and professional, creative approach to each and every image. Story-telling is at the heart of what she does and it is what sets her apart from the pack.

Kim Simpson describes her philosphy, approach and background this way: "Each of us sees the world in a different way. For most of my life, I've been photographing people, places and things. A broad body of my work - my 'take' on the world - has emerged during the past 20 years. I provide a sampling of that work here: portraits, events, musicians, animals, architecture, streetscapes, landscapes, and still-life. I consider my origins to be that of a "traditional" photographer, preferring Black and White Fine Art Silver Gelatin Prints (Selenium-Toned). For more than a decade I performed my own black and white printing in the Smithsonian Institute's darkroom beneath the Mall in Washington, DC. In addition to printing the 'old fashioned way', in trays of chemicals, I did my own toning and re-touching by hand - usually in batches of 6-10 prints (typically, on Ilford Fiber Paper, or Ilford Resin Coated (RC) Paper). Nothing compares with watching a dramatic black and white image appear in a tray of developer.

Well, almost nothing. The advent of the Internet, Digital Phtography, and the Digital Darkroom has forever changed the face of photography - even for 'die-hard' traditionalists like me. It is an exciting time. Archival quality printers, Adobe Photoshop Software, and high quality digital cameras are contributing to broadened creative horizons - and reduced production time, whether you are launching photos for a website, a magazine cover, or a family's living room wall.

I partner with my clients to preserve their memories with style and quality crafstmanship. Every time I pick up my camera, develop a Black and White print, or edit a color image in Photoshop, I remind myself: In photography the sky is the limit. The only limitation is the breadth and depth of one's imagination."

All Images On This Site * Copyright Kim M. Simpson * All Rights Reserved Worldwide * 2010