Insight on the Role of a Photography Editor
“A well-edited work, much like a well-designed product, doesn’t just look natural – it feels inevitable.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer)
The Photographer of the Future
Viewbook hosted a brainstorming session in Arles this year to address the question: What does the photographer of the future need? I participated in both the brainstorming and a public presentation that followed, and the results of the session are…
Connecting
“It’s really hard to form an emotional connection with perfection. We tend to connect to flaws, reading them as personality." Manami Okazaki interviewed me for her article on the story of Holga for a Hong Kong publication.
A Love Affair with Arles
“[Arles] is the magic of pulling many, many creators into a playground designed specifically for them. A playground, we remember, is one of the first and most sacred of places for meeting on equal ground with peers, and learning, joyously.”…
Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews on Life Framer (Open Call)
“In the end, I think we’re all looking for ways to mainline existence, to achieve a more direct way of tapping into ourselves, other people and our environments. That desire is replete with risks, but let’s not kid ourselves, life is a bloodsport.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2016)
Just a Quick Gasp
Pierre Liebaert: We have no time. Me: We have time right now. Pierre: Now? Yes, yes, but in life, we have no time. It’s too short, it’s just a quick gasp. Me: It feels very long to me. Pierre: Yes,…
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
I spent the morning of November 13, 2015 in a police station in Paris, reporting the theft of my wallet in a pickpocketing the night before. It was boring: sitting in a semi-broken chair in a bureaucratic waiting room, filling…
Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews in XOXO Magazine
"When something interests me, I follow it for a while to see where it leads."
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (XOXO The Mag, 2015)
Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews on Life Framer (Urban Life)
“And I’ve been frustrated sometimes for want of a role model that simply isn’t there, but a big part of coming-of-age as an artist is realizing that very terrifying thing: you cannot follow anybody else anymore.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2014)