Kate Jordahl is a photographer, educator, and curator whose practice explores cyanotype, platinum/palladium, and lumens. A Professor Emerita at Foothill College and co-owner of True North Editions, her work often examines nature, perception, and material presence.
From: Bellingham, Washington, USA and Kristiansund, Norway
Shows: Lumen prints and Platinum Palladiums
Kate Jordahl (b, 1959) is a photographer, editor, educator, and curator. She is a Professor Emerita of Fine Arts and Communication/Photo at Foothill College, California, USA, and co-owner of True North Editions, Bellingham, Washington, USA, and Kristiansund, Norway. Jordahl’s artwork focuses on handmade and alternative photographic processes, including cyanotype, platinum/palladium, and lumens. Her current work is in the book, “Eternity Passing,” which features Jordahl’s Lumens and the poetry of Sara Teasdale. Both photography and poet turn to the Beauty of Nature as comfort and metaphor. The organic and ephemeral character of Jordahl’s Lumens is echoed in the simple and layered verse of Teasdale. In her lumens, Kate Jordahl explores the hidden luminosity of plants in a dance at the edge of perception. Her lumen grids create a poetry of hue and radiance “What is our emotional connection to organic materials and their place in the world, culturally and geographically? We are of, by, and from the earth. This work examines our connection to Nature and Eternity by exploring the life energy within organic matter. Plants express a chemical aura that traditional photographic emulsions record.”
“I capture the spirit of place in my photographs using a mixture of alternative and digital processes. The power of craft and chance is at the heart of my artwork.”
More about Kate Jordahl:
- Contact email: Kate (at) jordahlphoto.com
- Websites: www.jordahlphoto.com and www.truenortheditions.com
- Instagram: @katejordahl
“I strive to recognize and capture the spirit and power of place in my photographs using a mixture of alternative and digital processes.”
Contact
- Email: kate (at) katejordahl.com
- Website
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World Anthotype Day
World Cyanotype Day
Hi Kate…. in somehow and i dont know why i became invovled in Platinum-palladium proc. and i cant get out or go back to the boring digital things. i was always shoot slides film and i loved it always,then i stop photography sense the slide been stoped in my country Bahrain.
i came back again when Leica M9 comes out,i bought this camera long with 50&35mm 1.4 Summilux lenses.
now ive been though a long reading about P/D and i was going on very will till i crashed with the CURVE setup, prepairing and setting up the Curve for the Negative is something making me Frustration.
i dont know if you can help me with that. i am using UV light for EXP. and i was Palladium Processing only before combinig both P and D together, some of my result is satisfing but not the result i was looking for or my gool.
Thnks