Kate Sterlin is a photographer and writer based in Los Angeles. She lived and worked in New York City for many years.
She was mentored by the documentarian Mary Ellen Mark. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic and Vogue. She works in street photography and portraiture.
Her first book, Still Life: Photographs & Love Stories (Anthology Editions, 2024), draws on more than 30 years of her negatives. It pairs photographs with her own writing about love, family, loss and race. Her film Sometimes has been shown at film festivals internationally.