Artist Statement
This body of work explores our relationship to the body within an increasingly digitized world. The series examines what it means to remain connected to the earth while living in a culture shaped by screens and constant stimulation. Rooted in natural cycles and embodied awareness, the work considers the tension between technological acceleration and the slower wisdom of the body and land.
These works question how digital systems influence our capacity for presence. As we spend more time in digital environments, I explore what happens to our physical presence and our relationship to the earth. Through this series, I consider how identity becomes shaped by what we wear, what we own, and how we present ourselves, rather than by our shared humanity. At its core, the work centers on reconnection: returning to the body, to the earth, and to direct experience.
I work with film and digital photography, incorporating double exposures and motion blur. Photographing the body within natural environments, I layer the images to create movement and softness. The blur allows forms to merge rather than stand apart, reflecting the interdependence between human presence and landscape. This approach focuses less on how the body looks and more on how it feels.
This work invites viewers to pause and reexamine their connection to their bodies and the natural world. The intention is not to oppose technology, but to remember the intelligence already present within us. The experience is meant to feel grounding, an interruption to speed and a return to what is tangible.
As the series evolves, it will continue to examine how embodied living can coexist with digital advancement, deepening the dialogue between human form and natural cycles.
Bio
Káti Franco (b. 1993) is a Caribbean-Spanish American multidisciplinary artist for over 21 years. She picked up the camera at age 12 and photographed self-portraits, her family, documenting moments and captured her life as a way of expression and healing throughout her childhood. In high school, she was the yearbook photographer and her first job was being a documentary newspaper photographer. She still remembers driving late at night to deliver the CD full of the edited images, numbered and titled with the names while delivering a piece of paper with the captions.
She then went to East Tennessee State University to pursue a degree in Mass Communications—Radio, TV and Film minoring in Art. There she learned the art of filmmaking.
She made a music video in 2015 that got featured in festivals all around the US including Film Fest 52, Raleigh Film Festival, Seattle Shorts Film Festival, Push Film Festival.
In 2014, she began a photography business capturing events and brands.
In 2016 one of her photoshoots she captured was with the Detroit Blue Jays baseball player, Daniel Norris. A photo of Daniel “Shaving with an Axe” got featured in TIME, ESPN, Der Speigel and went to many publications around the world.
For the next 15 years, she captured weddings and events all around the world living in Nashville, Denver and Los Angeles capturing events in California, New York, Italy, UK and all over the United States shooting local and destination weddings with her team and 3 associate wedding photographers.
She captured high-end luxury weddings to celebrity weddings to intimate backyard weddings traveling from the coasts of Big Sur, California to the Hampton in New York.
When capturing weddings it is about being so present with people, being surrounded by as much nature and beauty as possible and finding the most unique and yet emotional way of capturing a story.
In 2020, she fully immersed herself living deep in nature for 2 years fully disconnected from the city and fully connected to nature technology. Watching the sunrises and sunsets daily, spending time without a phone for months at a time and fully listening to the intelligence of the Earth’s wisdom.
During her time living in nature for 2 years, she also began exploring learning music as a medium for healing.
In her photography work, she’s explored multiple exposures, elements of the human form with landscapes and often blurring the boundary between photography and painting.
Her photo work has been featured in publications including TIME, PEOPLE, BRIDES, ESPN, Magnolia Rouge, among others.
A portion of proceeds from her fine art works is donated to the protection of the Amazon rainforest supporting land conservation and Indigenous stewardship.
In 2026, Káti decided to let go of her portrait photography work and is exploring abstract painting.