Catherine Cattanach

Catherine Cattanach’s photography invites a dive into the botanical world as a felt experience that goes beyond familiar observation. She has long admired the work of American painter Georgia O’Keeffe, and cites a quote from O’Keeffe as particularly relevant to her own work:

“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.” – Georgia O’Keeffe

The Flux and Magnolia series breaks free from traditional photography by using rippled water to gently transform the flowers. The painterly, dream-like images that result allow space for the viewer to bring their own emotions and contemplations to the photographs.

The images are all as shot in camera, without the use of Photoshop.

Catherine holds the distinction of Grand Master of Photography with the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography.

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