Kate Jordahl works with artists and photographers on their projects and books, providing discussion and guidance on design, planning, sequencing, and more. Consulting and Private Lessons are $150 per hour with a two-hour minimum reservation.
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Kate Jordahl brings her love of books and passion for images to the creation of a variety of visual projects. With her husband, Geir Jordahl, she founded True North Editions in 2012 as a collaborative effort to give voice to unique work by artists working authentically. They have worked together as a team since 1980 as editors, curators, and imagemakers.
The Jordahl’s book projects include San Joaquin: River of Spirit with the Ansel Adams Gallery, Searching for True North with Modernbook Editions, Native American Ceremonial Dancers, The Village: Bill Owens – Jamaica, Pride: Heart of a Movement and Bill Owens: CARS. Collaborations with Dreaming Mind including Traveler, Jizo, the Conversation Series, and the one poem books.
Book awards include a Gold Medal and Best of Show in the PubWest Book Design Awards, a Silver Medal in Prix de Paris and a Silver Medal in the Independent Publishers Book Awards for Searching for True North and a Silver Award-Photography and a Bronze Award-Art in the PubWest Book Design Awards for Native American Ceremonial Dancers.
The Jordahls also edited, published, and designed Cultures in Transition: Spirit Heart Soul, which features the photographs of Oliver Klink. Cultures in Transition has been awarded nine international awards, including the 2019 IPPY Gold Award from the Independent Publisher, the 2019 Judges’ Choice Award, and a 2019 Gold Award from PubWest.
Kate Jordahl has a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Photography from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. In 1983, she founded with Geir Jordahl, the PhotoCentral Program in Hayward, California, and they were directors of PhotoCentral until 2020. Kate is a Professor Emerita of Photography at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California. The Jordahls now operate True North Editions, based in Bellingham, Washington. Their current publications are “The Endless Sphere of Time” with spherical photographs by Geir Jordahl and “Poetry in Motions” with the equine photographs of Oliver Klink. She is available for consultation on photography, design, book production, photo editing and more.