Bio

Cate Dingley is an artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2018, Dingley was selected by Magenta Flash Forward as one of the 100 international emerging photographers and in 2017, she was listed by TIME as one of the 34 female photographers to follow. Dingley has been featured in solo and group exhibitions across the U.S. and her work been recognized by American Photography and the Center for Documentary Studies. In 2017 she co-curated Donna Ferrato’s retrospective “American Woman: 40 Years” which opened in Cortona, Italy, and she also produced and curated “Rear Windows,” a contemporary documentary photography show at the Invisible Dog Gallery, Brooklyn in 2015. Editorial clients include The New York Times Magazine, Bloomberg Business, NBC News, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Dingley studied visual arts and art history at Wells College, graduating with a BA in 2011. In 2014 she completed the International Center of Photography’s documentary photography program, with support from the Lisette Model Foundation. Recently, The Artist Edition published Dingley’s first monograph, “Ezy Ryders,” a hardcover book of photographs and interviews, alongside a solo exhibition of the same name at the Copenhagen Opera House.

Statement

I’ve always been drawn to people who live their lives-apart; those who lead a passionate, unusual, or transgressive existence on the edge of visible society. Their defiant independence—whether it’s innate, cultivated or forced upon them—is why I make photographs.

I’m particularly attracted to subcultures that are hidden in plain sight, traces of history thought long gone, and groups that live by a code of tradition and ritual. Through a respectful approach to the people I photograph—usually with the intimate and collaborative spirit of portraiture—I strive to collect moments of surprise, oddity, and honesty.