Born in New York and raised in California in a family filled with artists and writers Katherine picked up a camera at a very young age beginning a lifelong love affair with film. Through her photography she actively documents the lives of the people she observes around her creating cinematic and highly narrative work.  The photographs focus on the spaces we inhabit, the relationships within, the boundaries that exist both abstractly and formally and to a larger extent the larger contours of life. Within the photographs there exists somewhat of a physical distance from the subject allowing the viewer to safely observe the scene. A subject's glance can take on some significant and the alluring view draws us in allowing us to bring our experiences to the photograph. Kat began her career at CBS-Television and went on to study for her Masters in photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Kat Westerman is fluent in both fine art and commercial/editorial photography as well as branding and the ongoing client needs for social media, publishing and e-commerce.

Recent Projects have included:

Photographing Michael Connelly for the Australian.au

Photographing former US Presidents and Prime Ministers

Ongoing work for the LA Mayors Office documenting parts of Los Angeles

Photowalks for Canon USA

Workshop with Tiny Atlas Quarterly

Accomplishments include:

Exhibits in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles

Being recognized as one of Los Angeles top 13 photographers on Instagram,

Winner of spring exhibit at Academy of Art University while getting my masters in Photography