Kate Cordsen

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Kate Cordsen
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Born
Kathleen Plante

1966
Great Falls, Virginia, United States
NationalityAmerican
Known forPhotography
Spouse(s)John Richard Cordsen (m.1992 ; died 2016)

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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Education

Cyanotype photogram at Florence Griswold Museum, 2016 Cyanotype.KateCordsen.FlorenceGriswoldMuseum.jpg
Cyanotype photogram at Florence Griswold Museum, 2016

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]

Indigo XII, cyanotype on handmade paper, 83 x 38 in, 2014 Cyanotype on handmade paper by photographer Kate Cordsen.jpg
Indigo XII, cyanotype on handmade paper, 83 x 38 in, 2014

Work

Known 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]

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