Kate Harold is a contemporary photographer whose work examines the thin boundary between the real and the surreal. Her image Blissfully Severed From Ground received the Bronze Prize at Fotoslovo’s Surrealist Awards and was exhibited at the Surrealist Festival in the French Riviera in 2025. Drawing inspiration from filmmakers like David Lynch, Harold’s cinematic style explores how light, color, and composition can transform ordinary spaces into sites of wonder and psychological tension. She works primarily in digital photography, embracing the creative possibilities of post-production as an extension of her visual imagination. Harold currently lives and works between Washington, D.C., and Charles Town, West Virginia.
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2025, Bronze Medal Finalist in Fine Art Single Image, Foto Slovo Awards, Exhibition at “Surrealist Festival, Frejus, France
2025, Glen Echo Photoworks “Summer School” Exhibit, juried by Gayle Rothschild, Photoworks Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
2025, “Dynamic: Shadow and Light” Exhibit, juried by Todd Johnson, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2025, “The Dark Side” Exhibit, juried by Constantin Cosmin, Boomer Gallery, London, UK (see digital booklet here)
2025, reFocus Awards “Color Photography Contest” nominee in three professional categories: street (2 works recognized), fine art and portrait.
2025, “Dreams and Nightmares” Exhibit, juried by Constantin Cosmin, Boomer Gallery, London, UK (see digital booklet here)
2025, “Color Burst” Exhibit, juried by Todd Johnson, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2025, “Grit Gallery III - Cityscapes” Exhibit, juried by Lawrence Kryan, Newark Local Beer, Newark, NJ
2024, Glen Echo Photoworks “Summer School” Exhibit, juried by Gayle Rothschild, Photoworks Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
PUBLICATIONS
2025, published in upcoming “Freedom” issue of BROAD Magazine, editor Gergo Farkas
2025, exhibited work from “Color Burst” at Black Box Gallery in Portland, OR, published by Blurb Books