Essay 118 • Mar 1st 2017
- by Kate Sweeney
Take a trip, if you can. Take photos, too. Live in the moment. Forget about work and schedules and deadlines. Take in the scenery. Open yourself up to new people. Explore. Be inspired by everything and everyone. Be aware of your senses. Eat when you're hungry. Forget deodorant. Put your feet in the ocean, never mind that it's cold. Make friends with grocery store workers. Be free. Don't be too hard on yourself. Remember this day. Revel in it. Be grateful.
Kate Sweeney (b. 1987 in Columbus, Ohio) is TPJ’s Photographer-In-Residence. Kate is a self-taught photographer whose work has been featured online in Feature Shoot, Dazed Magazine, Refinery29, and The Huffington Post, as well as in magazines such as Austere, Clear Nude, Babefest, and Latent Image. She currently lives and works in Columbus, Ohio, where she continues to make work that focuses on the human form, abstraction, and color.
May Daniels is an Oakland-based artist, primarily focused on connecting with people of color to produce work that represents a deeply underrepresented narrative. Currently learning how to shoot film!
Accommodations: Hotel Metropole
Check out all of Kate’s TPJ photo essays:
Kelsey x The Impossible Project
24 Hours in Catalina, Part Two
24 Hours in Catalina, Part One