Cate Wnek is a photographer, writer, and book artist based in Maine. She was recently selected as a finalist for the Lensculture Art Photography Awards. Her writing and pictures have been published in Lemonade & Lenses, Click, One-Twenty-Five Magazine, and DPI Magazine. She is a contributing photographer to Offset and Adobe Premium Stock. In 2015, she was named one of the Top 100 photographers to watch by Clicking Moms, and a Favorite Mom Photographer.
Born and raised in northern Virginia, she came to live in Maine for its mountains, oceans and love. Following a career on a global markets trading floor, she became hooked onto photography as a stay-at-home mother to two boys. She says, “the creative process is the means by which she processes the jagged journey of life and motherhood – the wondrous beauty and aching impermanence.”
About ‘Raising Goosebumps‘:
In Raising Goosebumps, I have found the confidence to cope and move forward through the inexhaustibly murky moments of motherhood. Within the images, I make alternate worlds where I can escape from expectations to reconnect with my own childlike imagination and kid eyes. This is where I am granted relief and repair; all while turning the burning feeling in my belly into something magical. For me, the creative process runs to offset the aching I feel when experiencing my children’s own reoccurring fits and feelings of fragility that pepper the days.
Seeing beauty through the camera’s lens, almost like a kaleidoscope, I take on the kind of awe and wonder that raises goosebumps on my skin. In this process of making, I discover new ways for me to perceive the ups and downs and make use of them. It is the stumbling that facilitates my fascination. Through all this, I am able to go deeper into myself for managing with renewed clarity and courage.
