Katherine Williams — Katherine Williams

photographer and visual storyteller based in Newcastle, Australia.

Katherine has been a local to Newcastle, NSW for the past 10 years. Here she developed a passion for the ocean which she has been capturing in her series Bar Beach Obsession.
Katherine has had a number of photographic exhibitions and installations in Newcastle and Sydney including Vivid Sydney 2017 and “Humans of Kings Cross” which raised over $11,000.00 for The Wayside Chapel. In 2015 Katherine came second in the National Photographic Portrait Prize with an image from her long-term social portrait series “Kids of Carrington” which looks at youth pregnancy within one particular family in Newcastle.
Katherine is currently studying Social Work at the University of Newcastle and is a part time wedding photographer as Something Blue Photography.

Bio

Dec 2020 - Finalist Lake Art Prize Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie

Nov 2020 - Finalist Works on Paper Blackstone Gallery

Mar 2017 - Finalist Head On Photo Awards mobile category

Apr 2016 - Finalist Landscape Category of Capture Magazine's "Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2016"

May 2015 - Exhibition "Humans of Kings Cross" at The Wayside Chapel (Head On 2015 Exhibiting Artist)

Mar 2015 - National Photographic Portrait Prize, Runner-up

May 2014 - Finalist HeadOn Portrait Prize 2014

May 2014 - HeadOn Photo Festival 2014 Exhibiting Artist

Jun 2013 - 1233 ABC Portrait Prize 2013, finalist

May 2013 - The Da Vinci Award from CATC Design School

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