Growing up in Virginia, Dimitri Smith spent most of his youth outside with a camera in hand. Some years later, he moved to Alaska and found himself awestruck by almost everything in sight. After reading “Vagabonding” by Rolf Potts, he was inspired to pick up a camera again and began taking his photography more seriously. The next chapter of his life will be written in California, after he makes his way there this summer to continue his education and further build upon his life experiences.