Momenta welcomes this week’s guestagrammer, Kate Thompson Feucht

Age: 29

Current job: Photogrpaher

Current location: Richmond, VA

​Website: www.bettyclicker.com

Connection to Momenta: Attended Project New Orleans in April 2016. I heard about Momenta through Tom Smith of Leica.

 
@Kate Thompson Feucht 

Tell us about your journey as an image-maker and how you got to where you are today.

My father was a bit of a camera collector growing up and we had all the materials for a darkroom in our house. I learned the basics of exposure – aperture, shutter speed, etc. – from my dad by using his 35mm Nikons and Nikkormats. I’ve always loved making pictures, and bought my first DSLR in graduate school when I was getting my Masters in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology. I brought it with me to Cambodia where I spent a semester working as a speech pathologist in a children’s hospital in Siem Reap, and documented the trip for our staff. About 4 years ago I started second shooting for other photographers and from there have grown a business to the point of being full-time.

 
©Kate Thompson Feucht

What stories or issues are you most passionate about covering?

Having worked previously in a medical/educational field, I’m interested in those fields- but I’m also very passionate about health in other ways- food systems, agriculture, and peoples’ relationship with the environment.

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Where do you look for inspiration for your work: books, movies, authors, photographers, art, certain people?

I just moved away from Brooklyn back down to Virginia- up there I found inspiration just walking the streets of New York City. Here in Richmond I’ve found a more quiet life and do more reading, connecting with other writers/photographers, and discussing issues with people passionate about their field.

©Kate Thompson Feucht 

What social media or news feeds do you follow regularly? Instagram

What is one passion you have outside of photography that might come as a surprise to our readers?

Food + health- I cook whenever possible, run, meditate and practice Mysore yoga. Probably not surprising, but I also love to travel as much as possible. I’m renovating a 100-year old house in Richmond with my partner too!

©Kate Thompson Feucht

What can we expect to see next week from your “guestagramming” on our Momenta Instagram account?

A mix of Project New Orleans photos as well as some documentary and wedding work. I’d like to do more photojournalism/documentary work going forward, but my business really started as wedding photography since I only had weekends off as a speech pathologist.

#seizethemomenta, and follow @momentaworkshops on Instagram to see Kate’s great work!