I have followed Katie's stream for quite a while and I don't mind admitting, I have been a bit daunted in writing a testimonial so far, she is such a star ! But now I am drunk and I want to talk about how great I think she is. Really, this girl has it going on. She is honest and so unselfconscious, lacking in vanity ,a… Read more

I have followed Katie's stream for quite a while and I don't mind admitting, I have been a bit daunted in writing a testimonial so far, she is such a star ! But now I am drunk and I want to talk about how great I think she is. Really, this girl has it going on. She is honest and so unselfconscious, lacking in vanity ,and appears so comfortable in her own skin, she is constantly an inspiration to me. Her talent is beyond description actually. The internet is a funny place, I know I don't know people whose work I follow on here, but Katie is one who through her photos I wish I had a friend in my life like her. Cool, open, honest and real, and a fellow twilight obsessee. A self portrait heroine.

what can i say? i have been following katie for about 3-4 years now and still one of the first things i do on flickr is check whether she has uploaded. thats how madly in love i am with her (photos). just go check out her stream because she is fantastic, funny and sexy and mad and vulnerable and brave and gorgeous and … Read more

what can i say? i have been following katie for about 3-4 years now and still one of the first things i do on flickr is check whether she has uploaded. thats how madly in love i am with her (photos). just go check out her stream because she is fantastic, funny and sexy and mad and vulnerable and brave and gorgeous and strong and soft and pretty and dirty and muhc much more beacue katie does not fit in a box. well literally she might.

Katie West is the best part of Flickr. There's no photographer here who better combines skill, imagination, and beauty with such a raw and overwhelming feeling of honesty and openness to the entire world. Katie's photos are like reading her mind, and her words are often no less beautiful and inspiring. The only thin… Read more

Katie West is the best part of Flickr. There's no photographer here who better combines skill, imagination, and beauty with such a raw and overwhelming feeling of honesty and openness to the entire world. Katie's photos are like reading her mind, and her words are often no less beautiful and inspiring. The only thing that truly does her work justice is looking at it for yourself, because her photos have the unique and admirable ability to capture a person's soul in every aspect, and it's such a wonderful and beautiful person's soul at that. My favorite photographer, my most inspiring inspiration, an epic goddamn human being, and one of my most valuable friends, Katie West is the definition of an artist, and her works are essential to the development of the artist inside us all.

Katie is a complete chameleon. If I lived in her part of the world, I'm sure I could walk past her every day and not know about her life on Flickr. And that's part of her point, I think. She is brave and adventurous in her nudes, but her portraits are equally, if not more, fascinating. She also seems to have a good sen… Read more

Katie is a complete chameleon. If I lived in her part of the world, I'm sure I could walk past her every day and not know about her life on Flickr. And that's part of her point, I think. She is brave and adventurous in her nudes, but her portraits are equally, if not more, fascinating. She also seems to have a good sense of humor, judging by some of the photos on here!

A very important aspect of Avolare’s portraits is that they are free of narcissism. The photographs do not signal obsession with one's self or even separation of gender. The viewer is included and can relate to the expressions. This may be the reason why it’s so easy to be attracted to Katie’s valuable set of images. A… Read more

A very important aspect of Avolare’s portraits is that they are free of narcissism. The photographs do not signal obsession with one's self or even separation of gender. The viewer is included and can relate to the expressions. This may be the reason why it’s so easy to be attracted to Katie’s valuable set of images. Also, it seems that her ideas exist before the images. This may indicate a strong determination at her fairly young age. Whether photographing or photographed Avolare is a natural born artist.