Vica White Photography
Castle Hill Lighthouse on its rocky point at blue hour, pastel pink clouds above a long-exposure sea. A surfer with a green longboard stands at the shoreline at first light, small against the mist, the waves and the wet sand. Waves wash over dark rocks, with Nubble Light on its small island beyond, York, Maine. Castle Hill Lighthouse on its rocky point in Newport at sunset, an orange and blue sky over the water. A young woman in a white dress sits on the sand at golden hour, head tilted, the sea glowing behind her. Milford Sound, New Zealand, seen from the ship's rail: steep green mountains and blue water.
Plate 00Castle Hill Lighthouse, blue hour.Newport, Rhode Island.
Fine-art landscape, travel and portrait photographyNewport, Rhode Island

Not just what it looked like. How it felt to be there.

Vica White in black and white, holding a wide straw hat with a dark ribbon over the lower half of her face, eyes to the camera, leaves behind her.
The artistBehind the hat.

I am Vica White, a photographer and visual artist working around Newport and Aquidneck Island. My pictures are made in natural light, with patience for atmosphere and for the moments that would otherwise go unnoticed.

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Selected works

Plates 01 to 04
Castle Hill Lighthouse on its rocky point in Newport at sunset, an orange and blue sky over the water.
Plate 01Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport.Sunset.
Sailboats low on the horizon at sunset, orange light spilling across the water.
Plate 02Sailboats at sunset.
The Newport Pell Bridge in silhouette at dusk under a purple and orange sky, a pier on the right.
Plate 03Pell Bridge at dusk.Newport.
Waves wash over dark rocks, with Nubble Light on its small island beyond, York, Maine.
Plate 04Nubble Light, York, Maine.Waves over rocks.

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  • Castle Hill Lighthouse at blue hour, pastel clouds above a long-exposure sea.
  • A dune fence at sunset above rippled sand.
  • A waterfall in a mossy gorge beside a wooden boardwalk, Flume Gorge, New Hampshire.
  • A surfer with a green longboard at the shoreline at first light.

Travel

Plate 05
Milford Sound, New Zealand, seen from the ship's rail: steep green mountains and blue water, with orange lifeboats in the frame at the right.
Plate 05Milford Sound, New Zealand.From the ship's rail.

For years I photographed aboard the Queen Mary 2, travelling around the world, and it shaped the way I see.

Portraits

Plates 06 and 07
A young woman in a white dress sits on the sand at golden hour, head tilted, the sea glowing behind her.
Plate 06Portrait session, golden hour.Rhode Island.
A young woman in a white dress smiles from the sand on a beach at golden hour, the water bright behind her.
Plate 07Portrait session, golden hour.Rhode Island.
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Animals

Thirteen plates

Dogs and polo horses, mostly along the Rhode Island coast.

Close portrait of a beagle looking off to one side in soft light, a tag hanging from its collar.
Animals 02Beagle, Soft Light
A blue heeler stands in shallow surf on a rocky beach, waves breaking behind.
Animals 03Blue Heeler, Surf
A golden retriever in a stars-and-stripes bandana sits on a sea wall, smiling, with the Newport Bridge soft in the distance across the water.
Animals 05Golden, Newport Bridge
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Now showing

Newport, Rhode Island
Current

Broadway Street Fair 2026

Coastal prints from Newport: sailboats, the Newport Bridge at sunset, lighthouses, surfers, Adirondack chairs on the lawn.

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Work with me

Tell me about the wall, the place, the person or the animal you want to see well. I will write back.

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Now showing: Broadway Street Fair 2026