Mexico, Spirit of Place | Kate Cleghhorn
KATE CLEGHORN is a Vermont photographer whose work has focused
primarily on Latin America and in particular, Mexico. Her photographs reflect
an appreciation of Mexican culture which has been gained over many years from
a variety of in-country experiences, both personal and professional. Kate first
traveled to Mexico in 1984, as the leader of a group of adults to Puebla, to live
with families and study Mexican cuisine. She also directed the Summer Abroad
program for the Experiment in International Living (now World Learning) in
Michoacan in 1987, which offered language and cross-cultural training to teens
prior to their living with families. Kate combined her love of Mexico with her
photographic interests by assisting the director of Other Americas photography
programs on trips to Mexico in 1993, 1994, and 1995. Since then, she has led
programs to Mexico for the Community College of Vermont and the Great River
Arts Institute of NH. Among her fondest Mexican memories are meeting Manuel
Alvarez Bravo in Mexico City on the opening of his photography museum and
traveling to the forests where monarchs winter when they migrate south, a truly
magical experience. Kate received a Master of Hispanic Studies from Auburn
University and an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design.