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A ballerina leaves her shoes and a rose behind as she retires from the stage.

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Sue M. Swank is a self-taught artist. In her youth, she taught herself how to draw and paint and experimented with several mediums such as oil, acrylic, charcoal, pastel and watercolor. Her interest in photography developed when she picked up a National Geographic magazine and studied the images. She was impressed with the passion and "wow" factor she felt with every image she studied. With every magazine she picked up, her eyes zoned in on every image, studying every detail from the angles, lighting, to the editing. With her first point and shoot camera, she set out to replicate a "National Geographic style" result and felt the key to their images was passion. During her...