You’ve stumbled (or fallen) or in one way or another made it to my blog. I used to call photographers photographists, hence the URL. I like to think that this blog is bit of a curated collection of little things in a virtual cabinet of wonders.
I’m Kate, a historian and photographer with an affinity for museums and things dead people created. After living in Lugano, Switzerland for two years studying art history for my undergrad, I’ve been lucky enough to explore the world, from Turkey to Iceland to Brazil, and I am infected permanently with that illness called wanderlust. Enthusiasm and creativity are laced with my love of constant discovery (this leads me to just keep getting more degrees, unfortunately). I’m currently living on Vancouver Island, but Montana is and always will be my home.
Here I write about topics I find delightful, including cooking, film photography, cameras, fashion, hiking, art history, feminism, coffee, travelling, or whatever else strikes my fancy!
When I’m not looking for work, (hire me! I write, edit, photograph, and research!) I attempt to teach myself languages (I currently speak Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese), research medical history/fashion, watch Humphrey Bogart films, nature documentaries, and anything with Barbara Stanwyck, crochet, drool over Gothic architecture, photograph my life, bake pies, and devour books as though they were meals.
I’m always ready for a new adventure or challenge, and I come armed with a camera or two (or three!).
Got questions/preguntas/domande? Comments? Want to work on something together? Drop me a line at kate (dot) vangen @ gmail (dot) com or find me on Instagram! Tschüss/ciao!
The Photographist 
Hey that sounds interesting. And you seem to speak quite some languages as well! 🙂 Will follow your blog and hope to see some more of your pictures.
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed! I stumbled upon your blog through that and I must say, you sound a lot like me! I’m off to check out some more of your blog.
I love your blog! and I love German, too! So I am definitely subscribing to this one! Thanks for great posts.
Hey, thanks for subscribing!
Your blog is beautiful, a true inspiration. I wanted to nominate you for a versatile blogger award. Check it out if you like: http://riseandroam.com/2011/12/19/the-joys-of-blogging/#more-378
Thank you for sharing your experiences and photography with the world, they’re amazing!
Love your blog and love that you add Swiss verbiage here and there:)I lived in Biel, Switzerland for 2 years and absolutely loved it!
love your photography! 🙂
nice photos – nice view of all the things which are around yourself.
“auf wiedersehen” from germany!
Nice blog. Intelligent, thought-provoking, and some of the images are really beautiful. (Love the moving ones. I have no idea how you do that.) Congrats!
I like your comment that you “devour books as though they were meals”. I do too! They are so yummy! If you don’t mind, I’d like to borrow that phrase for a future post on my blog–I’ll give you credit and give a link!
Cheers!
Cathy
Just letting you know that I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award 🙂 For more details: http://freepagenumbers.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/spreading-the-blogger-love/
Congratulations and happy blogging!
as a person who still feels your age inside I am enjoying your blog immensely through your lens! it truly brings me back to my twenties! enjoy every second… cheers.
Hey, I put your pretty little corner of the blogosphere on my blogroll! Congratulations, and thanks for being an extraordinary blogger!
Thank you so much! This is such an honor! I love the description, it’s wonderful! 🙂
I love your blog. The pictures are fantastic and your blog has a little bit of everything in it, you never miss a thing.
Thanks. Glad to have happened on your blog. I’ll be returning! Regards from Thom at the immortal jukebox (give it a spin).
Hello there, I stumbled across your blog and am glad I did. Looking forward to browsing your posts. I love the creations of dead people too 😉 Cheers.
So glad to have come across your blog! I’ve always wanted to go to Montana and am planning a trip for my birthday this September — perhaps I can grab some tips from ya!
September is a great time to visit!! I would love to give you some ideas of places to go or things to do, Montana is a damn fine place to explore.