Cate Dingley
New York, NY, United States
Cate Dingley is an artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Brooklyn, New York. In 2018, Dingley was selected by Magenta Flash Forward as one of 100 international emerging photographers and in 2017 she was listed by TIME as one of 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” 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, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
2020 - American Photography 36, 2018 - Magenta Flash Forward XIV, 2016 - Brooklyn Arts Council Grant, 2015 - American Photography 31, 2014 - Center for Documentary Studies Book Award Finalist, 2014 - Lisette Model Foundation Scholarship
- Arts
- Audio capture
- Editorial
- Interview
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Still life
Artist, Galisteo 2019
Cate Dingley
Judy Tuwaletstiwa holds up a cast of her hand outside her studio in the Galisteo Basin. The basin is a tributary to the Rio Grande and home to a small artists’ community outside of Santa Fe. Using sand in her work while living on the Hopi reservation, and now using found natural objects around her home on the bosque, Tuwaletstiwa lives what she has stated: that “art grows out of the landscape in which it is formed.” She makes art in various media to heal trauma and transform how we see the world. Her connection to her environment is deep. “We think matter is dead—we are so painfully human-centric. Nature constantly reminds us that everything is alive in a way that we don’t begin to understand.” “Lifeblood” is a road trip down the Rio Grande, examining how climate change is disturbing the lives and livelihoods of people in the Southwest. Currently in progress.
Farmer in his chile field, Corrales 2019
Cate Dingley
Anthony Wagner, a third-generation farmer in Corrales, stands in his newly-planted chile field. As far north as Corrales is on the Rio Grande, water flow is stronger than down south, and though some years are noticeably drier and more difficult, so far access to water via the communal acequias has never been dire. At the moment, Albuquerque’s urban sprawl is farmers’ biggest threat. On an acequia, water rights are attached to the land. Wagner’s family has leased this plot for over 100 years, but it’s now up for sale and will most likely be bought by residential developers. As portions of agricultural towns such as Corrales are developed, it can disrupt surrounding farmers’ access to the irrigation easement as well as the unique bosque ecosystem along the Rio Grande. “Lifeblood” is a road trip down the Rio Grande, examining how climate change is disturbing the lives and livelihoods of people in the Southwest. Currently in progress.
Roadside fruit vendor, Albuquerque 2019
Cate Dingley
Thomas, an immigrant from Kenya who has lived in Albuquerque for twenty years, sells fruit out of his truck as a second job. Albuquerque experienced 55 days of unusual “extreme heat,” or temperatures over the heat index threshold, in 2016. “Lifeblood” is a road trip down the Rio Grande, examining how climate change is disturbing the lives and livelihoods of people in the Southwest. Currently in progress.