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katie

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About Me

Mother dear, I
can't finish my weaving
You may
blame Aphrodite

soft as she is
she has almost
killed me with
love for that boy.

~ Sappho (Translated by Mary Barnard)I am Katie West. I am 23 years old and I take photographs. I live with my cats and my best friend. I like sunny days, Star Trek, comic books, swimming, randomness, grocery shopping at 2 am, dancing, The Cure, watching movies, monochromatic colour schemes, Canadian comedic television shows, Bruce Springsteen, road trips, shooting guns and antique shopping.
I am available for modeling, collaborations or commissions (depending on assignment). So please, email me: katie at katiewest dot ca.
Find me online:

KatieWest.ca - website
LiveJournal - diosa_en_disfra
Flickr - avolare
ModelMayhem - MM947

My Interests

comic books, antique shopping, spaghetti, sunny days, shooting guns, monochromatic colour schemes, revenge movies, grammar, photography, the colour pink, salt and vinegar chips with a diet coke out of a can, big dogs, people watching, watching movies in old theatres, thunderstorms, star trek science

Music:

the cure is my favourite band. i also like everything else. lately i've really been liking: bruce springsteen, muddy waters, bjork and the lovely Emma-Lee (www.myspace.com/emmalee).

Movies:

dirty dancing, v for vendetta, man on fire, kung fu hustle, fight club, boondock saints, amelie, donnie darko, nightmare before christmas, lost in translation, i heart huckabees, 5th element, hackers, city of god, me and you and everyone we know, house of flying daggers, the boys of baraka, anything with christian bale, ziyi zhang, jet li, denzel washington, or bruce willis.

Television:

DEADWOOD, HEROES, Star Trek (preferably TNG), buffy the vampire slayer, CSI

Books:

books by andrew vachss, someplace to be flying by charles de lint, anything by joyce carol oates, preferably her short stories, fight club, angels and demons, player piano, the meloncholy death of oyster boy, catcher in the rye, lord of the flies, stone angel, nude men, eats, shoots and leaves. comic books: transmetropolitan, preacher, nextwave, desolation jones, fell, global frequency, the losers, powers, lenore, fables, astonishing x-men, batman, x-men, the boys

Heroes:

spider jerusalem, warren ellis, bruce wayne, richard west

My Blog

Print Sale

So, print sale! :) Mostly just new stuff....
Posted by katie on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:28:00 PST

An update on my life

From my LiveJournal:So, my situation. As you know, my living situation as of late has been sketchy. Well, my landlord finally emailed me 10 days after I first tried to get into contact with her, and w...
Posted by katie on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:08:00 PST

CPOP Gallery Show in Detroit

This is the flyer for the show I'm in in Detroit. As you can see there are a lot of artists taking part. (On a side note, my scanner did a shit job with this...anyway.) I dropped off my two photos tod...
Posted by katie on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:57:00 PST

I wish Chris Brown would add me to his MySpace

seriously. i love chris brown. i know i know, he's a little young for me, and i do have a boyfriend. but damn. chris brown. hahaha. love him. 
Posted by katie on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:42:00 PST

The Katie West Store

So, lately I've been on the internet a lot, but not really updating. But I've been busy. After I redid my website, I decided to make a store. So I have made a whole bunch of products with CafePress. E...
Posted by katie on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:37:00 PST

Last Day of Christmas Sale!

That's right, the last day to get practically any print you want for $10! Or $65.00 for a 16x20!http://www.avolare.net/christmassale.htmland a picture for you...
Posted by katie on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:03:00 PST

3 more days

Only 3 more days for my Christmas Sale. $10 prints. And almost every picture I've ever taken is available. http://www.avolare.net/christmassale.htmlBuy yourself something frilly...or Katie Westyish....
Posted by katie on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:55:00 PST

Christmas Sale

Christmas is my most favourite holiday EVER. I start listening to Christmas carols on November 1st (and lucky for me there's this great radio station in Detroit that plays 24/7 Christmas carols starti...
Posted by katie on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:39:00 PST

Gallery Show with Zaiden

Zaiden is ever so kind and has invited me to share some space in a show he's having.  My stuff will be up by Monday and will be there until February 7th. All prints come framed. Those of you who ...
Posted by katie on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:46:00 PST

Submission to JPG Magazine

I submitted a photo today to JPG Magazine.It's here if you'd like to vote for it! I'd really appreciate it. :)Thanks!...
Posted by katie on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:21:00 PST