This life shit is short.

Katherine Abreu – Photographer - @_purplekat

“Damn, this life shit is short.” – Katherine. This was Katherine’s turning point, in her psychology of life, in her psychology career, and her art. Photography became her outlet for fun, for the first time. Photography wasn’t always something around in her life, it became aware to her that she had talent in 2020, her senior year of college photography class. Hours before the pandemic hit, she was in South Carolina, visiting her brother, doing her photography homework. This changed her life and her entire perspective on life. She made it back to the Valley as news stories began to flow in, nothing but pure panic hit society. What hit her was the fact that she can’t let life slip away before her eyes.

Love is what defines her passion, love is the core of her photography, and her being. As simple as it sounds, she expresses her devotion through love. And love is what each of her clients receive. Comfort and connection between client and photographer are key. Talking to the model, and making that person feel comfortable is essentially the first step in all photoshoots. She focuses on the fact that there is something to appreciate in the mundane. She believes that there is pure beauty in people, and that eloquence can be shown through a photo. No manipulation, just pure, raw, beauty. Her focus is portraits for this reason, to incorporate her models into the piece so that it is presented in a natural state.

Over three years of practice and devotion, one thing was evident: progression. Although she recalls being hard on herself through the process with negative talk and negative ideologies. She even recalls a recent photoshoot, located in Philadelphia, where her emotions created a disconnect with her camera. Giving up is not an option when you have a client expecting photos, although it doesn’t make it easy to edit when you have that disconnect. She wanted to give it all up then and there. Realization that her business was becoming less of a hobby and more of a business is what fundamentally caused this. To make your art your whole life is something not everyone can do, in fact, I’ve heard many say that is their biggest fear. When you consume yourself in something, there is a chance the flame of that passion wears dim. Katherine’s flame is burning bright as she advances in her talents and editing skills. Evidence shows that her light is not burning out anytime soon.