I began in documentary photography — travelling to the edges of the world, bearing witness to Indigenous communities, cultures, and human stories that deserve to be seen and remembered.
Over time, my practice evolved toward nature, where I found a deeper and quieter language of connection. Not as a departure from human stories, but as an expansion of them — a way of seeing life through light, growth and transformation.
The persistence of light. The intelligence of living things. The quiet dialogue between plants, time and image.
Today, I work at the intersection of documentary and botanical photography, creating images in collaboration with the natural world through light, analogue processes and anthotype — a camera-less technique where plants form their own images through sunlight.
I am Kat Beyle — documentary photographer and nature-based artist.