Author Archives: About Catherine Opie

Catherine Opie (born 1961 in Sandusky, Ohio) is an American fine-art photographer. She stud-ies the relationships between mainstream and infrequent society, specializing in portraiture, studio, and landscape photography. Through photography Opie documents the connections between the individual and the space inhabited. She lives and works in West Adams, Los Angeles. She is well known for her work of portraits exploring the Los Angeles leather-dyke community. Opie is currently a professor of photography at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).


Studio Visit | Catherine Opie

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Catherine Opie needs little introduction. For those who haven’t had the pleasure of learning about one of the great artists of our time, Opie has been instrumental in investigating sexual taboos, identity, and what it means to document community through the photographic lens for many years.
Studio Visit | Catherine Opie

Slippery Icons

Catherine Opie needs little introduction. For those who haven’t had the pleasure of learning about one of the great artists of our time, Opie has been instrumental in investigating sexual taboos, identity, and what it means to document community through the photographic lens for many years.