Essay 504 • Aug 22nd 2022
- by Kate Sweeney
Kate Sweeney is a self-taught photographer from Columbus, Ohio whose work has been featured in Billboard, Glamour Magazine, Teen Vogue and numerous others, and recently completed a 3-year-long residency with The Photographic Journal. She aims to make work challenging ideas of femininity with an honesty that is simultaneously defiant and inviting. She does this by utilizing the human form, color, and our connection to nature. She is obsessed with memories and takes an empathetic approach to her portraits, interested in exploring themes of memory, identity, and freedom.
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Model: Alayna Small
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