About Kat
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Kat’s work is characterised by an aesthetic of nostalgia. She uses her camera to explore human connection and to search for honest moments that flash in the space between movement and stillness. Her approach is a combination of editorial artistry and photojournalistic observation, inspired by classic film and midcentury fashion photography.
Kat Gillespie is a photographer from the American Southwest, based in London and available worldwide. She shoots a hybrid of film and digital photography.
Features include VOGUE Australia (print), The Wed’s top London photographers list, Together Journal, The Story Of, Coco Wedding Venues, Love My Dress, Aisle + Vow, Green Wedding Shoes, Junebug Weddings, and more.
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APPROACH
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Nostalgia is one of my guiding aesthetic forces. I am always aiming for classic, romantic images, and im inspired as much by 1940’s black and white film photos of lovers in Paris as I am by photos of musicians of the 60s and 70s. I am interested in the ways people naturally intertwine, how they hold themselves, and their subtle expressions of love … as well as the imperfect, the odd, the moments that become art. Over the years I have refined my approach to shooting, which is a blend of photojournalistic observation and editorial artistry. My goal is to capture something artful and true.
I take on an extremely limited number of weddings per year in order to give my full enthusiasm and creative energy to the couples I work with.
INSPIRATION
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I find inspiration in many places, from twentieth century fashion editorials, vintage family photographs, old Hollywood, and 1970s photos of actors and rock stars. Many classic photographers inform my work (Robert Doisneau, Duane Michals, Dora Maar, Louise Dahl-Wolf, and many more), as well as other artists (Patti Smith is my personal saint). My creativity is fueled by art of all kinds: cinema, travel, museums, cafes, literature, music, architecture and interiors. All of it.
