Catherine DeLattre (b. 1949, Monongahela, US)
Catherine DeLattre grew up in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, a small town near the heavily industrial area of Pittsburg. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she studied archaeology at Kent State, where a course in basic photography was a requirement for recording in archaeological digs. Her subsequent interest in photography led her to pursue a masters in art photography at Purdue University. The program emphasized black-and-white photography, but DeLattre became more interested in color under the influence of her teacher Vern Cheek, drawing inspiration from contemporaries like William Eggleston, Joe Maloney, Joel Meyerowitz, Jan Groover, Eve Sonneman, and Joel Sternfeld. After a series of teaching gigs that took her from Rockport, Maine to Poughkeepsie, New York, by 1979 DeLattre had saved enough money to move to New York City, where she began teaching darkroom at the International Center of Photography.
DeLattre lives and works between New York City and Pennsylvania.
Catherine DeLattre
From the series: Interiors, 1977-78, Monongahela, Pennsylvania, 2024
Archival digital inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Baryta 325 GSM
22.50 x 22.50 inches
Catherine DeLattre
From the series: Shoppers, Broadway, Upper West Side, NYC, 1979-80, 2023
Archival digital inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Baryta 325 GSM
15 x 15 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Catherine DeLattre
From the series: Shoppers, Broadway, Upper West Side, NYC, 1979-80, 2023
Archival digital inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Baryta 325 GSM
15 x 15 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Catherine DeLattre
From the series: Wayne County, North East Pennsylvania, 2018-2023, 2023
Archival digital inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Baryta 325 GSM
13 x 19 inches
Courtesy of the artist
Selected Exhibitions
Catherine DeLattre: Shoppers and Interiors
OSMOS Station, Stamford, NY
July 5th - August, 2025
Catherine DeLattre: Shoppers, Broadway Upper West Side, NYC, 1979-80 and other corners
Abraham et Wolff, Paris, France
Commissariat Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, OSMOS, New York, NY
October 30 – November 30, 2024
Catherine DeLattre: Shoppers, Broadway Upper West Side, NYC, 1979-80