Pamela Klaffke is a former newspaper and magazine journalist who now writes books and takes pictures. She is the author of the novelsSnapped (North America: 2010; UK: 2011) and Every Little Thing (February 2011), and the non-fiction book, Spree: A Cultural History of Shopping (2003). She has recently completed a draft of her newest work,The Mod Girls, and her non-fiction book, Hello, Cutie! Adventures in Cute Culture, will be published in fall 2012 by Arsenal Pulp Press. Her dreamy, vintage-inspired photographs are shot exclusively with analogue cameras using expired and/or damaged film. Her work has appeared in art publications and advertisements around the globe and prints of her work reside in private collections worldwide. She is currently shooting the photographs for her book,Hello, Cutie! Pamela is also the founder and chief curator of the Secret Society of Analogue Art, an organization that encourages the creative fusion of analogue and digital communication and media by offering an ongoing series of participatory art projects. She lives in Calgary, Canada with her fiancé,  philosopher Gillman Payette, and her daughter. email: contact@pamelaklaffke.com