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    • Kurtis Lauffer
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About kyle smith mcgowan

Kyle  has always been drawn to what endures — the photographs tucked in attic boxes, the penciled margins of old letters, the quiet spaces where memory lingers long after names begin to fade.


Through her work with KyBec Tech, the photo preservation company she co-founded with her longtime friend, Becky Barlow, Kyle has spent years helping others recover the fragments of their family stories. 


It was there, amid a disorganized box of forgotten photographs and fading ink, that her own story found her: her great-uncle’s journals and images from his safaris and fishing expeditions across Africa and South America — nearly discarded, waiting to be remembered.


Her first non-fiction project, The Quiet Horizon grew from that rediscovery — a meditation on inheritance, time, and the tender weight of legacy.


Kyle lives in Pennsylvania, surrounded by family photographs and stories still waiting to be told.

coming in 2026!

Coming Soon!

A rare glimpse into the golden age of exploration — told through an adventurer's own words and lens.


When a forgotten box of photographs and journals surfaced from a family's estate, it revealed a window into another world — the adventures of a mid-century traveler whose safaris and expeditions carried him across Africa and South America.


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A rare glimpse into the golden age of exploration — told through an adventurer's own words and lens.


When a forgotten box of photographs and journals surfaced from a family's estate, it revealed a window into another world — the adventures of a mid-century traveler whose safaris and expeditions carried him across Africa and South America.


What began as a record of journeys soon became a chronicle of a life lived at the edge of discovery: encounters with wildlife, letters to friends and dignitaries, and reflections written beneath the vast skies of Tanganyika, Kenya, and the Amazon.


Blending personal observation, archival imagery, and historical context, The Quiet Horizon captures the spirit of exploration and the deep human urge to document the world before it changes — a portrait of a man, a moment in time, and the landscapes that shaped them both.

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