LIFE PHILOSOPHY:
Don't define your worth by a beautiful face, refine the world with beautiful actions.
WHY I DO PHOTOGRAPHY:
Life is too incredible not to preserve. I like to show people something they've seen a million times before, but for the first time.
A FEW FAVORITE MOVIES (I could go on for days):
Atonement, The Tree of Life, The Fall, Dan in Real Life, The Impossible, Away We Go, Gone Baby Gone, A Long Way Down, anything by Wes Anderson, (500) Days of Summer, Warrior, Casino Royal, No Country for Old Men, Baz's Romeo and Juliet, Revolutionary Road, Warrior, The Village, He's Just Not That Into You, Fever Pitch, Elizabethtown, Looper, Lawless, Garden State, Reign Over Me, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, The Fighter, Safety Not Guaranteed, Skyfall, Wings of Desire, Shaun of the Dead
WHAT I WATCH ON TV:
Sherlock, Doctor Who, Community, Parenthood, Seinfeld, Arrested Development, The Walking Dead, Hell on Wheels, Downton Abby, The IT Crowd, Gilmore Girls, Portlandia, sports (mostly football or basketball), any true-story survival show
BANDS MOST OFTEN LISTENED TO:
Damien Rice, Sufjan Stevens, Mumford and Sons, Ra Ra Riot, The Shins, Temper Trap, Julian Casablancas, Swell Season, Incubus, David Bowie, James Vincent McMorrow, John Denver, Amos Lee, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Lisa Hannigan, Alexi Murdoch, The Beatles, Interpol, Band of Horses, Sigur Ros, Fionn Regan, Edward Sharp, James Newton Howard, Puccini
FAVORITE BOOKS:
The Road, Life of Pi, Beatrice and Virgil, any Douglas Adams, any Neil Gaiman, Ender's Game/Shadow, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Question of God (a debate between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis), A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider, The Book of General Ignorance, In Cold Blood, Man's Search for Meaning, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, anything about neuroscience
DREAM JOB:
Eventually I'd like to teach photography to people who have suffered some sort of tragic experience as a means for constructive emotional expression. I'm also partial to the idea of neuroscience.
RANDOM TID-BITS:
I don't get jet lag. I'm weirdly good at games like "catch phrase". I got chicken pox as an adult after already having them as a kid. I was born without wisdom teeth, and I still have one baby tooth. I grew up on an alpaca ranch with one of the most famous herd sires in history. I have seen a Banksy piece in real life. I am a hot chocolate connoisseur.
THINGS I ADORE:
Elephants, laughing, airports, sweet potato fries, situational and dry humor, Anthropologie, survival stories, talking to nice strangers, zombie movies, ghetto-style traveling, pizza, watching sports, Conan O'Brian, cooking delicious meals, ginger ale, road trips, movies, modern art museums, philosophical conversations, my religion and beliefs, Southern Utah, croquet, the ocean, those metal claw-like head massage thingers that they try to sell you at mall kiosks.
SOME OF MY LIFE'S MOST INCREDIBLE MOMENTS:
Seeing fireflies for the first time in my life while walking back to our hostel in Uganda, Africa. Listening to the love theme from La Boheme while taking pictures at the Eiffle Tower in Paris. Swimming with manatees in Florida. Hearing Damien Rice's Volcano for the first time. Sleeping in a hammock on a black sand beach in Guatemala. Seeing the giant cacti at sunset while riding 1000 miles through Baja on a quad. Backpacking through Europe with my brother 6 months before he died of cancer.
Hello, I'm Brazilian! I would love to talk to you. Is there any contact that I speak with you? Email, facebook ..? Thank you! I await response.
ReplyDeleteHello Alex, you can email me at katherine loveless at hotmail dot com if you'd like.
DeleteGood question! First of all, I've heard New Years in Iceland is something pretty amazing, so definitely plan on getting your party on that day. Other than that, there are a lot of winter activities you can do depending on what you're up for. Depending on the weather, the ring road is usually fairly safe to travel on (especially if you're used to driving in winter conditions), and there are many winter-oriented tours. Personally, I'm looking forward to visiting an ice cave in Skaftafell this winter! :-) Let me know if there is anything else I can answer for you!
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ReplyDeleteHi there, I just came across this blog (and RobotBanjo) and spent over an hour reading your entries and admiring your photos. You have an enviable talent with words and self expression. These posts definitely struck a note with with me...from the emotionally jarring ones to the utterly inspirational. Thank you
ReplyDeleteYour taste in music = excellent. Also: Be still my heart, your pictures are fantastic. I have always wanted to go to Iceland, but for now I will live vicariously through you. Seriously. These pictures. My eyes are sweating.
ReplyDeleteHey I'm Zi Juin! It's amazing how quick people fall in love with iceland. It really is an endearing country. I went last December and it's one of my life goals to return there in the future. How did you manage to stay for such a long time there? Did you work?
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