Kate Cordsen (born 1966, Great Falls, Virginia, United States) is an American photographer and contemporary artist. Cordsen lives in New York City.
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| Born | Kathleen Plante 1966 Great Falls, Virginia, United States |
| Known for | Photography |
| Spouse(s) | John Richard Cordsen (m.1992 ; died 2016) |
Education
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She received a BA in the history of art and East Asian Studies from Washington and Lee University (founded 1749) where she was the first woman in the university's history to receive an undergraduate degree.[1] Cordsen has an MPP from Georgetown University and studied Chinese and Japanese Art History at Harvard University and photography at the International Center of Photography.
In the late 1980s Kate Cordsen was represented by Ford Models. She worked closely with Japanese avant-garde artists Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto, appearing on the runway and in print. Cordsen credits this time as a model as both the beginning of her education in photography and as formative in understanding Japanese aesthetics.[2]
Work
editKnown for large format landscapes,[citation needed] Cordsen produces ethereal and ambiguous[3] images that evoke ideas of fragmented memories and temporality. Her landscapes are, at first glance, simply meditative, but reveal impassioned and dramatic depths upon second and third looks.[4] She often combines 19th century chemical methods with traditional film and digital technologies.[5] Kate Cordsen's landscapes are a hybrid study of both photography and painting.[6]
See also
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edit- ^ "Exhibition Features Photography of Kate Cordsen '86 :: News :: Washington and Lee University". News.blogs.wlu.edu. August 21, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Markel Fine Arts".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Lori Warner Studio/Gallery Features Kate Cordsen, Ravine Series – tribunedigital-thecourant". Articles.courant.com. June 8, 2013. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Artscope Now Available in Newsstand!". Archive.constantcontact.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "CHEM 101: The Science of Photography | The William Benton Museum of Art". Benton.uconn.edu. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ Allen, Jamie M.; McNear, Sarah Anne (2018). The photographer in the garden (First ed.). Rochester, New York: Aperture. ISBN 978-1-59711-373-1.