Hello! I’m Kate Walton. I’m a 25-year-old from Australia. I write, take photographs and travel whenever I get the chance. In 2011, I left my job to travel and work overseas. In February and March, I caught trains, buses and hydrofoils across Japan and South Korea. In April, I lived in Nepal for five months to work for a media arts collective called Sattya. In 2012, I was based in Kendari, on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, where I worked for a women’s rights NGO. From May 2013, I’ll be back in Indonesia - Jakarta this time - working with the country’s largest Islamic women’s organisation. I sell prints of my photographs on Society6 here. Current location: Canberra, Australia Upcoming travels: Melbourne; Jakarta; Yogyakarta Visited and/or lived in: Australia; Fiji; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Japan; Nepal; Singapore; South Korea; Thailand; United Kingdom; United States; Vanuatu. Dream travels: Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, West Papua, Flores); East Timor; Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam; Malaysia; India; Mongolia; Burma; Iran; Morocco; Egypt; Uganda; Rwanda; following the Silk Road from Xian (China) to Istanbul (Turkey). My ‘scrapbook’ Tumblr can be found here. You can send me emails at katewalton.au-at-gmail-dot-com. I almost always reply. I’m also on pretty much every social networking site ever, but these are the ones I actually use: last.fm / flickr / twitter / katewalton.photoshelter.com var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-25301010-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); var sc_project=5755934; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=68; var sc_security="7834492a"; Tumblr (3.0; @katewalton)http://katewalton.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/88658c0ca5ec49962b575c12cca33615/tumblr_mnlz4uazWX1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Borobodur, May 2013.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/51717026170http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/51717026170Thu, 30 May 2013 21:12:30 +1000yogyakartajavaindonesiaborobodurphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0081bf39cc6d00b16daf81fb3e4d2ff4/tumblr_mnlz0lOKSm1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A smoky Mount Merapi, as seen from Borobodur, May 2013.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/51716930920http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/51716930920Thu, 30 May 2013 21:09:00 +1000yogyakartajavaphotographyborobodurindonesia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/853573a85cb32457df9324a564074306/tumblr_mnlxejhIzD1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Borobodur, May 2013.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/51715674450http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/51715674450Thu, 30 May 2013 20:35:00 +1000indonesiajavayogyakartaphotographyborobodur<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8894d095ef16be28684bf8c6b3ef557/tumblr_mlztzkB7uY1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jakarta, 2010. The view from a bridge somewhere in Kota.</p> <p>I’ll be back in Jakarta in just under two weeks. I’m relocating there for the next year, to work with the country’s largest Islamic women’s organisation. I can’t wait.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/49144437305http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/49144437305Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:40:00 +1000jakartaindonesiaphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/925232c396baf4a239f4d8bc26946139/tumblr_ml51l9kMoT1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Washing. Fort Cochin, Kochi, Kerala, India. 2012.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/47772816364http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/47772816364Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:39:09 +1000indiaphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c96d3610a03f40f979791b6323d1439c/tumblr_ml51dcpP8L1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fort Cochin, Kochi, Kerala, India. 2012.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/47772675654http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/47772675654Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:34:24 +1000indiaphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8eff0d487ec71312158b4206137b0360/tumblr_ml50e2nx111qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Young girl on a bus. Kochi, Kerala, India 2012.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/47772070137http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/47772070137Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:13:14 +1000indiaphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ed3b7dcd97f4435ae31fae7f69f952cb/tumblr_mkep5pOEIu1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An employee in a rubber shoe recycling factory talks on her mobile phone while taking a break. Kathmandu, Nepal. 2011.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46571649645http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46571649645Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:13:01 +1100nepalkathmanduphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a5dbd5680c3d4c59079fec778bc9b1a2/tumblr_mkelrafXaW1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Weaving. Lombok, Indonesia. 2012.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46566308325http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46566308325Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:59:00 +1100indonesialombokphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aece0ec5322ef78e19150ca35810a123/tumblr_mkel1aje461qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kids from Bungkutoko, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. 2012.</p> <p>They all wanted to see what we were doing inside the house, so I stuck my head out the window to take this shot. The kid in the yellow top caught me.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46565102841http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46565102841Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:43:58 +1100kendarisulawesiindonesiaphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7364024601ac1db20616fd505cd4fec9/tumblr_mkekvy6wJb1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kids from Bungkutoko, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. 2012.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46564848166http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46564848166Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:40:46 +1100sulawesikendariindonesiaphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fd80be36f82f8d250b2f3d6f19cc70c2/tumblr_mkeir985711qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cat cafe, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46561074006http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46561074006Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:54:45 +1100japanphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8696b2c3417b7c1fc80cbfc805721d89/tumblr_mkeegtgdHP1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Somewhere between Jomsom and Marpha, Mustang region, Nepal. 2011.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46553259522http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46553259522Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:22:05 +1100nepalphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0c5a8ead6ee92bc3ecc6f9cfeae1243/tumblr_mkee5uGpR21qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dogs at a Hindu temple in the old part of Kathmandu, Nepal. 2011.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46552710897http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46552710897Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:15:30 +1100nepalphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0625b70c6eadcdb6537b2fb7804ab898/tumblr_mkdgwsMBnP1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5807445208cec7336cba6c261096b51c/tumblr_mkdgwsMBnP1qbpwvzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4c98ef7ebe8438a8dc27a976878b366d/tumblr_mkdgwsMBnP1qbpwvzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/250cea29e280346a74b09f9d5e87e631/tumblr_mkdgwsMBnP1qbpwvzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a4e50f4d5617229b2c3f5029ee6a03f8/tumblr_mkdgwsMBnP1qbpwvzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I miss my dogs.</p> <p>(Black - Dorje, my favourite; Tan with floppy ears - Punx; Tan with up-right ears - Kanchi. Punx and Dorje are brothers from the same litter. Kanchi isn’t related to them. We adopted Dorje and Punx from the street when they were six weeks old. They’re now almost two years old, and I miss them every single day. I last saw them in November.)</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46503181671http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46503181671Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:17:16 +1100kathmandunepalphotographynostalgia<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b26a13aee6d0a0de90fd784bc6d67ae1/tumblr_mkapb1DBKo1qbpwvzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b914d42c76979f23e99d014e96c336c9/tumblr_mkapb1DBKo1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ed2b84841e1defc9ef9c1d645ad69b00/tumblr_mkapb1DBKo1qbpwvzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c910358a6705c7fbe61231acb02e74c5/tumblr_mkapb1DBKo1qbpwvzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8981c4cb24398e24f7ff7743f23dab41/tumblr_mkapb1DBKo1qbpwvzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Did I ever mention that <a href="http://ninefruits.tumblr.com">Grant</a> and I ended up spending a week as teaching assistants in a Kindergarten-to-Year 4 school in Palakkad, Kerala, when we were in India last December?</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46384482476http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46384482476Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:25:49 +1100photographyindia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da506be4717ed06126713c346ef303d6/tumblr_mkaol5YxVL1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dog. Mysore, India, 2012.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46383112234http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46383112234Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:10:17 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/abee0e504cccbbe09f52b981e21e436e/tumblr_mkaoie1kMn1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bangles. Mysore, India, 2012.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46382969076http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46382969076Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:08:38 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d1adab060668dfc6d1e5f6f5572b8873/tumblr_mkaocbYy311qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The X Ray. Mysore, India, 2012.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46382662412http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46382662412Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:04:59 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b42345d7d95f6729a8fd20b22a75e624/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> My Chemical Romance. Sydney, 2007.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1c7151887e5a538604202a1547e89704/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> My Chemical Romance. Sydney, 2007.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2095a25ece99c5b5fb23bccf41f6b20/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Lupe Fiasco. Canberra, 2010.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/198cbcc333022ca294887b2578af0579/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Cut Off Your Hands. Laneway Festival, Sydney, 2009.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5710fa98852b14f3b8a661ad6cb56054/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Bloc Party. Sydney, 2007.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe31e67a3b9840f22a7cb1b35d63081d/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo6_500.jpg"/><br/> The Dead Weather. Canberra, 2010.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b307bad3b98791fa7b8cfab7fde40454/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo7_500.jpg"/><br/> The Dead Weather. Canberra, 2010.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dd785170a578e229e563c57e5f2fdc4f/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo8_500.jpg"/><br/> Cobra Starship. Sydney, 2008.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4e19f68a056900ebf01e431faf8d7a01/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo9_500.jpg"/><br/> Tegan & Sara. Sydney, 2009.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aa83af39f0511dbe3ff4b68aaf356082/tumblr_mkal00XEmK1qbpwvzo10_500.jpg"/><br/> Young and Restless. Canberra, 2007.<br/><br/> <p>I don’t think a lot of my followers here know that I used to be a live music photographer. I spent a good five or so years of my life chasing bands around the country and shooting their gigs. I had a lot of fun, but the red tape and copyright-grab issues got too much in the end. So I stopped.</p> <p>I miss it sometimes.</p> <p>I went to see Fall Out Boy play in Sydney the other night, at the Metro, which is a pretty tiny venue for a band of their popularity. It was pretty bloody great. They sounded amazing. Half-way through, a friend of mine asked me if I wished I was down in the photo pit, and I think it was the first time in a long time that the thought didn’t bother me all that much. It would’ve been great, yeah, but I think I’m reasonably content to stand back and just watch, now.</p> <p>Anyway, I thought I’d put up a few old shots of mine. I never did get to shoot Fall Out Boy, not the other night nor ‘back in the day’. I shot a lot of other big bands: My Chemical Romance, Bloc Party, The Dead Weather, Franz Ferdinand, Tegan & Sara, to name a few. But never Fall Out Boy.</p> <p>Maybe one day. That’d be pretty cool.</p>http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46376596835http://katewalton.tumblr.com/post/46376596835Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:52:48 +1100nostalgiaphotographymusic