Photographer Kali Placencia had two photos selected for the Vogue Italia website as seen in her home studio Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Photographer Kali Placencia had two photos selected for the Vogue Italia website as seen in her home studio Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
One of two photos by Joliet resident Kali Placencia that appeared on the Vogue Italia website. | Supplied photo
One of two photos by Joliet resident Kali Placencia that appeared on the Vogue Italia website. | Supplied photo
Photographer Kali Placencia had two photos selected for the Vogue Italia website as seen in her home studio Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Photographer Kali Placencia had two photos selected for the Vogue Italia website as seen in her home studio Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
New Lenox resident Jenna Bronson was featured in two photos by Joliet resident Kali Placencia that appeared on the Vogue Italia website. | Supplied photo
Kali Placencia was getting frustrated. For the past six months she had been submitting at least three photos a day to the Vogue Italia website in hopes that her work would get published online. At one point she decided to just bag it, and she …
