ARTIST STATEMENT
In careful collaboration with college friends, I explore the space where we, as people, untangle the facets of our identities to better understand who we are becoming. Through portraits taken in wide landscapes, often during road trips, I document moments of freedom, loneliness, and friendship. These images serve as visual records of a shared process of transformation, situated between past selves and emerging identities. In these in-between spaces, which are full of vulnerability and undefined moments, growth takes place. The discomfort we encounter as we enter new spaces reshapes us. Sometimes, when retreating home, this means comfortable places no longer fit. Through shared journeys, I consider how this space defines us both in self-assertion and the presence of community.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Katelyn Nee is a photographer currently based in Chicago. Her photographic work often connects to themes of memory, place, and womanhood. She is interested in how people experience their immediate locations and how our landscape can shape and change our connection to place and time. Recently, she has worked with text and archival information to investigate how stories change over time and her role within those stories. Katelyn received her BA in Media Arts, with a concentration in photography, from Chatham University in 2023 and is expected to receive her MFA in photography from Columbia College in 2026.
© Katelyn Nee