Connie Ricca (Born in 1954) is a San Francisco native who grew up in South San Francisco. She graduated from El Camino High School and has attended colleges such as Humbolt State University, City College of San Francisco, and finally graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art with a specialization in Photography from California State University of San Francisco. In the years 1975 -76, she traveled for nine months through Europe and Morocco. From the years 1980-85, she worked for Pacific Bell where her duty involved repairing pay-phones in San Francisco. She got married in 1986, and now has two sons. The family manages apartments in Sacramento. In 1987Connie started collecting vintage Barbie dolls and accessories. She has sold Barbie collectables at various Doll Shows in Sacramento and the Bay Area.
She currently sells online and has been a member of three different Barbie Clubs. Connie has so many vintage dolls and outfits that she really doesn’t know how many she has. She’s an avid Thrift Store/Flea Market junkie. Sometimes she gets very lucky! Her photography has now gone digital. She has a certain fascination for colorful, unusual and weird street people. She goes to many street fairs with her camera. As she was raising her two sons, doll collecting was something she could do from home and she did shopping from seller’s lists because this was the only way she could find vintage Barbie dolls at that time. Because she never had friends by the year 1986, Barbie became her new photographic focus.
