Elsewhere

Katherine Oktober Matthews is an author and artist originally from Houston, TX. She has written extensively on contemporary art photography, most notably in her book Unique: Making Photographs in the Age of Ubiquity and in her former role as Chief Editor of GUP Magazine. She also edited Milk Art Journal, a 3-issue periodical series on motherhood and making art. Although she now lives in The Netherlands, her stateside family is centered in Rhode Island.

"Katherine Oktober Matthews has created an exceptional stew of words and photographs in her new monograph, Elsewhere. She has packed a suitcase of experiences, documented with profound seeing and thinking, as she navigates unfamiliar terrains alone. Solo travel creates a particular space for self-reflection, and in Matthew’s experience, an internal dialogue that looks inward, while at the same time observing small details and moments through her camera. This unique combination of storytelling, with two parallel expressions that poetically speak to elevating and expanding the visual experience, reminds us that travel is not to find yourself, but to remember who you’ve been all along. — Aline Smithson, Founder of Lenscratch, Artist and Educator