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Kate Cordsen (born 1966,
She received a BA in the history of art and East Asian Studies from
Great Falls, Virginia
Great Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 15,427, an increase of 80.5% from the 2000 census.
History
Colonial farm settlements began to form in the area a ...
, United States) is an American photographer and contemporary artist
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic ...
. Cordsen lives in New York City.
Education
She received a BA in the history of art and East Asian Studies from Washington and Lee University
, mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future"
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.092 billion (2021)
, president = William C. Dudley
, provost = Lena Hill
, city = Lexington ...
(founded 1749) where she was the first woman in the university's history to receive an undergraduate degree. Cordsen has an MPP from Georgetown University
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and studied Chinese and Japanese Art History at Harvard University
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and photography at the International Center of Photography
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.
In the late 1980s Kate Cordsen was represented by Ford Models
Ford Models, originally the Ford Modeling Agency, is an American international modeling agency based in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen Ford and her husband Gerard W. Ford.
Company
Ford Models was started in 1946 by Eileen ...
. She worked closely with Japanese avant-garde
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artists Rei Kawakubo
(b. 1942) is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. She is the founder of Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market. In recognition of the notable design contributions of Kawakubo, an exhibition of her designs entitled '' Rei ...
, Issey Miyake
was a Japanese fashion designer. He was known for his technology-driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances, such as '' L'eau d'Issey'', which became his best-known product.
Life and career
Miyake was born on 22 April 1938 in Hiroshi ...
and Yohji Yamamoto
is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. Considered a master tailor alongside those such as Madeleine Vionnet, he is known for his avant-garde tailoring featuring Japanese design aesthetics.
Yamamoto has won notable awards f ...
, 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.
Work
Known for large format landscapes, Cordsen produces ethereal and ambiguous 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. She often combines 19th century chemical methods with traditional film and digital technologies. Kate Cordsen's landscapes are a hybrid study of both photography and painting.See also
* List of photographers *List of women photographers
Women have made significant contributions to photography since its inception. Notable participants include:
Afghanistan
* Farzana Wahidy (born 1984), documentary photographer concentrating on women's issues in Afghanistan
Algeria
* Zohra B ...
* List of people from Great Falls, Virginia
* List of Harvard University people
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* List of Georgetown University alumni
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cordsen, Kate Photographers from New York (state) Washington and Lee University alumni McCourt School of Public Policy alumni Female models from Virginia Living people People from Great Falls, Virginia Female models from New York (state) Artists from New York City 20th-century American women photographers 20th-century American photographers 1966 births