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Seattle Seen: Sizzling Style
Devoted followers of fashion make a summer statement
By Jonathan Sposato July 28, 2023
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2023 issue of Seattle magazine.
“All these portraits capture different sides of what it is to be a Seattleite, the experiences you may have, or the way you look at life.”
— Seattle street photographer Valerie Franc.
Seattle is a city of variation, texture, and beautiful misfits, and Valerie Franc shows the vulnerability in the seemingly invincible. She finds tenderness and humor under tough sheathing. Her charismatic subjects prove that if life is a stage and you are the lead, then play the character you wish to play.
Man suns himself on Capitol Hill with a Japanese umbrella
Photography by Valerie Franc
Woman poses with a Python
Photography by Valerie Franc
Sage at a skatepark on Capitol Hill
Photography by Valerie Franc
Sweethearts at the Evergreen State Fair
Photography by Valerie Franc
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