Cat is a leading creative portrait photographer, who specialises in lifestyle, advertising, personal & documentary photography.
Based in Naarm | Melbourne.
Cat is a leading creative portraiture photographer Melbourne & Sydney.
As she frequently is commissioned by production houses and agents around Australia, her work regularly appears in local and international media campaigns.
Best known for her honest human portraits, two of her pieces were recently shortlisted & exhibited in The Martin Kantor Prize & The Percivals.
Her commercial collaborations include high-profile brands such as Fender, Yamaha, Peroni, Shaynna Blaze, Study Melbourne, YAMAHA, Medibank and Heinz, highlighting her skill in balancing artistic authenticity with broad commercial appeal.
Some published contributions include CEO Magazine, Lonely Planet Wine Trails Aus & NZ, Capture Mag Summer 2023, F-Stop Photography Mag, Issue #121, Frankie, Archer, The Australian Financial Review, Broadsheet, Sunday Life & Vogue Italia Online.
Currently she is working on two personal projects (The Perception Project and Sit with me) which are due to be exhibited mid 2025 and 2026.
While working full time as a photographer, behind the scenes she's playing with silver ring making, swimming, restoring old furniture and loves shiny gold tape.
Shooting on digital and 35mm film.
For 2025, Cat is happily engaging new clients with a sustainable and forward thinking ethos. Available for travel and long form assignments.
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General - hello@catblackphoto.com
ph +61 477 100 255
9-11 Hocking Street, Coburg North
(By Appointment)
Worked with.
A countless bunch of lovely individual humans for creative portraits as well as:
Vogue x Alfa Romeo, Fender, VEGEMITE, Peroni, Bose, MYOB, Medibank, Shaynna Blaze, Carlton Brewhouse, Victoria Police, YAMAHA Music, Heinz, Aletheia & Phos, Armaguard, Woolworths, Study Melbourne, Vision Australia, Norman Australia, Pentavite, ASKO, Huggies, Lendlease, Stockland, Keyton, Hume Bank, Harris Scarfe, Aletheia & Phos, Linfox, Seasol, Monash Uni, Energy Safe Victoria, Country Road, Ray White, Cinori, MND Australia.
Some production companies + creative agencies.
Waywing / Eric Tom + Bruce / The Producers / Untold Studios LA, Visual Domain / Wonderkarma / Trout / Big & Small Productions / Communicado /
Published in.
Vogue Online, Capture Mag Summer 2023, F-Stop Photography Mag, Issue #121, CEO Magazine, The Age, The Herald Sun, Lonely Planet Wine Trails Aus & NZ, Frankie Magazine, Archer Magazine, The Australian Financial Review, Tatler UK, Broadsheet, Sunday Life, Kilkenny People, Vogue Italia Online, The About Blank, Melbourne, Good Salon Hair Guide UK, FasterLouder, Creative Head Mag, Image Magazine, The Independent IE, The Irish Times.
Artist CV.
2024 Australian Photo Awards | Shortlisted, finalists to be announced | ‘Danielle’
2024 Percival Photographic Portrait Prize | Finalist June 2024 | ‘Holly’
2023 The Capture Awards, 2023 | Placed Top 10 - Fashion and Advertising category for ‘Il dolce far niente,’
Published print and online Summer 2024 issue of Capture magazine.
2023 The Capture Awards, 2023 | Highly Commended - Landscape & Environment category for ‘The hill you choose to die on.’’
2023 Ballarat International Foto Biennale | Finalist for Martin Kantor Portrait Prize, Ballarat Town Hall. ‘Holly’
2023 F-Stop Photography Mag, Issue #121 October - November 2023 | Catherine Black & Valentina Casalini — A Perpetual Season / Pas de deux
2023 Work in progress | Documentary photographic portraits of residents in Goongerah. East Gippsland. Ongoing work for work to be published.
2022 The Mono Awards |"Decimated" received a Highly Commended Award in the Places category.
2022 The Mono Awards | "Bootskootin" received a Highly Commended Award in the People category.
2021 The Mono Awards | Self Portrait - Cat + Kitty’ received a Highly Commended Award in the People category.
2021 Monash Gallery of Art | Open call exhibition, STAGES: Life in Lockdown. Atrium Gallery.
2018 ILFORD CCP Salon / Centre for Contemporary Photography AUS | Group Exhibition | Photograph subject: Framed 20x30’’ Titled ‘The Bodyguard.’
2018 Part 1 | Goons, Marfa Gallery Melbourne AUS | Personal photographic exhibit focusing on a small isolated ‘alternative living’ community in East Gippsland. Raised over $1400 for wildlife carers in Victoria.
2014 The Bernard Shaw, Dublin IE (Personal Exhibition with Graciela Vilagudin) Duo exhibition | Featuring 20x30’’ mounted photographic portraits of the locals in Portobello, Dublin.
2014 The Photographic Academy, UK Online | Self Portrait Category Winner
2013 See Me, Times Square NYC (Group Digital Show) Group Exhibition | Varied images and photography subjects.
2012 Head On Portrait Prize | Finalist AUS Photograph subject: Documentary style of hipsters dancing. Titled ‘House of Love.’
2011 Head On Portrait Prize, AUS | Shortlisted Titled ‘Not for long.’ Photograph subject: Documentary style of two children on a bench mid move.
2008 Brunswick Street Gallery, Group Show AUS | Photograph subject: Documentary photography taken in Gippsland.