# Eric Cato

> Fine Art Photography


## Posts

- [Abstraction, Twin Lakes, Connecticut](https://cato-photo.net/abstraction-twin-lakes-connecticut/): Paul Strand American 1916 This picture is among the first photographic abstractions to be made intentionally. When Alfred Stieglitz published a variant of it in “Camera Work,” he praised Strand’s results as “the direct expression of today.” Porch shadows and tipped-over tables are not intrinsically modern, but Strand’s picture of them is, for it does not depend upon recognizable imagery for its effect, but rather on the precise relations of forms within the frame. This print, the only one Strand seems to have made from the negative, is on Satista paper, a wartime replacement for platinum papers.
- [The word photograph](https://cato-photo.net/the-word-photograph/): The word photograph is derived from the Greek photos “light” and graphein “to draw”, to photograph is to draw with light was first used in the late 1830s.
- [On Abstract Photography](https://cato-photo.net/on-abstract-photography/): Since the late 1800s, photographers grappled with many of the themes, tremendous social and technological changes that engaged visual artists, musicians, writers generally as Western civilization transitioned from a primarily agrarian society to a highly industrial, urban and global one. The classical styles in painting, music, literature that had been dominant for centuries was buckling under the weight and speed of change.  Certainly one of the greatest shifts was the desire and challenge of expressing the internal emotional and psychological landscapes the new field of psychology was bringing to light.  The evolution of modernism in painting from impressionism toward abstraction, […]

## Pages

- [Wall 8](https://cato-photo.net/wall-8/): Wall 8 Guanabo Beach, Havana, Cuba 2003 Edition: This print’s dimensions are 20 x 20.9” (50.8 x 53.1 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of twelve (12) signed and numbered archival media photographic prints; prints numbered 1 & 2 are $450. About: Guanabo Beach is 15 to 20 miles east of Havana… its a lovely wide white sand beach and must have been popular before the Revolution. The road just ended at the edge of the beach. As I was taking it in, I saw a large abandoned pre-revolution pink building in a grove […]
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- [Concrete 31](https://cato-photo.net/concrete-31/): Concrete 31 Medellín | 2013   Edition Notes: This image is available in two (2) editions each having different dimensions. Edition #1: print dimensions are 33 x 42.3” (83.8 x 107.4cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of seven (7) signed, numbered archival media photographic prints; print #1 is $1500. Edition #2: print dimensions are 20 x 25.6” (50.8 x 65.1cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of fifteen (15) signed and numbered archival media photographic prints. Prints numbered 1 through 3 are $575. About: Concrete 31 is one of […]
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- [Na16_Concrete3439](https://cato-photo.net/na16_concrete3439/): Concrete 3439 Medellín 2013 Edition Notes: This image is available in two (2) editions each having different dimensions. Edition 1: This print’s dimensions are 16 x 48.5” (40.6 x 123.1 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of seven (7) signed, numbered archival media photographic prints; prints 1 & 2 are $850. Edition 2: This print’s dimensions are 9 x 27.3” (22.7 x 69.3 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of twelve (12) signed, numbered archival media photographic prints; prints 1 through 4 are $350. About: I found this […]
- [Ps09_Tulips723](https://cato-photo.net/ps09_tulips723/): Tulips 723  Brooklyn 2011 Edition: This print’s dimensions are 11 x 21.9” (27.9 x 55.8 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of twelve (12) signed and numbered archival media photographic prints; prints 1 through 4 are $375. About: I came across these tulips in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. I was intrigued by their graceful beauty in the clear relief provided by the deep shadow. Paul Gauguin mused, “Color, like music is a matter of vibrations, reaches its most indefinable expression in nature—its deep inner power.”  The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is among the oldest in […]
- [Ps08_Lilies459](https://cato-photo.net/ps08_lilies459/): Lilies 459  Brooklyn  2011 Edition: This print’s dimensions are 11 x 29.1” (27.9 x 73.9 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of twelve (12) signed and numbered archival media photographic prints; prints 1 through 4 are $350. About: I came across these lilies in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. I was captivated by their exuberant beauty against the deep shadow. Paul Gauguin mused, “Color—what a deep, mysterious language—and so much older than words.”  The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is among the oldest in the country. The grounds and trees are meticulously cared for and manicured. The […]
- [Ps07_Tulips749](https://cato-photo.net/ps07_tulips749/): Tulips 749  Brooklyn 2011 Edition: This print’s dimensions are 10 x 33.6” (25.4 x 85.3 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of twelve (12) signed and numbered archival media photographic prints; prints 1 through 4 are $375. About: I came across these tulips in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. I was captivated by their  “formation”, it was as if they were a flock of birds caught in flight. Claude Monet mused, “I am following Nature without being able to grasp Her… perhaps I owe having become a painter to flowers.”  The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is […]
- [Wall 8](https://cato-photo.net/ab12_wall8/): Wall 8 Guanabo Beach, Havana, Cuba 2003 Edition: This print’s dimensions are 20 x 20.9” (50.8 x 53.1 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of twelve (12) signed and numbered archival media photographic prints; prints numbered 1 & 2 are $450. About: Guanabo Beach is 15 to 20 miles east of Havana… its a lovely wide white sand beach and must have been popular before the Revolution. The road just ended at the edge of the beach. As I was taking it in, I saw a large abandoned pre-revolution pink building in a grove […]
- [Ab11_Wood1784](https://cato-photo.net/ab11_wood1784/): Wood 1784 (Medellin 2014) “In the visual arts, the principal subject is the surface, which has its color, its laws surpass those of the object.” Pierre Bonnard Edition: This print’s dimensions are 20 x 16” (50.8 x 40.6 cm). Each print is available for purchase as one of this limited edition of fifteen (15) signed and numbered archival media photographic prints; prints numbered 1 through 3 are $400.About: I found this wall segment in Medellin’s downtown, El Centro in 2014; it was on Avenida Las Vegas, a large avenue that runs under the elevated metro track near the Hospital station. […]
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- [Blog P](https://cato-photo.net/blog-p/): Cato Fine Art Photography The word photograph is derived from the Greek photos “light” and graphein “to draw”, to photograph is to draw with light was first used in the late 1830s. The word photograph January 16, 2026 The word photograph is derived from the Greek photos “light” and graphein “to draw”, to Read More
- [Contact - P](https://cato-photo.net/contact-p/): Cato Fine Art Photography Contact Info & Questions Get in Touch with Us: You are very important to us, we want to answer any question you may have about a specific image or limited edition print.  Please contact us in one of the following ways:  Email: info@cato-photo.net  Celular & Whatsapp: +57 314.721.8839 Or using the form immediately below:
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- [PORTFOLIO-P](https://cato-photo.net/portfolio-p/): Cato Fine Art Photography Portfolio I use neutral titles such as Trees or Flowers because I do not want to influence viewers on how to see or what to think about an image. Pastorals To see an image & its details, please click on the image.
- [Main](https://cato-photo.net/main/): Cato Fine Art Photography Artist’s Statement “Color—what a deep, mysterious language—and so much older than words.” — Paul Gauguin “Nature has mysterious infinities and powers to inspire, it is always changing, never repeating what it offers us—the artist in fact is one of nature’s means.” — Paul Gauguin   I have loved impressionist painting since first seeing one—I never tire of looking at them. In the early spring of 2008, on an impulse, I went to the Bronx Botanical Garden just as the flowering trees were at their peak. I took hundreds of photos on that day, and it became […]
- [About-P](https://cato-photo.net/about-p/): Cato Fine Art Photography About Bio Cato’s impressionistic pastoral photographs were made in New York City. In terms of printed images, Cato strives for wall presence, using a 4×5 format camera when possible to capture objects in great detail, enabling him to make archival prints as large as 1.5 meters high or wide. Photo:  Andrea Narins Born in Manhattan to creative parents, Cato cannot remember a time when he and his siblings were not surrounded by art. He attended liberal-arts high schools and then NYU School of Film & Television and the School of Visual Arts (Parsons), among others. “While […]
- [Blog A](https://cato-photo.net/blog-a/): Eric Cato Fine Art Photography On Abstract Photography Since the late 1800s, photographers grappled with many of the themes, tremendous social and technological changes that engaged visual artists, musicians, writers generally as Western civilization transitioned from a primarily agrarian society to a highly industrial, urban and global one. The classical styles in painting, music, literature that had been dominant for centuries was buckling under the weight and speed of change.  Certainly one of the greatest shifts was the desire and challenge of expressing the internal emotional and psychological landscapes the new field of psychology was bringing to light.  The evolution […]
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- [About](https://cato-photo.net/about/): Eric Cato Fine Art Photography About Bio Eric Cato’s abstract and narrative photographic images are found in the streets of cities over the last two decades. In terms of printed images, Cato strives for wall presence, using a 4×5 format camera when possible to capture objects in great detail, enabling him to make archival prints as large as two meters high or wide. Photo: James Varriale Born in Manhattan to creative parents, Cato cannot remember a time when he and his siblings were not surrounded by art. He attended liberal-arts high schools and then NYU School of Film & Television […]
- [Contact](https://cato-photo.net/contact/): Eric Cato Fine Art Photography Contact Info & Questions Get in Touch with Us: You are very important to us, we want to answer any question you may have about a specific image or limited edition print.  Please contact us in one of the following ways:  Email: info@cato-photo.net  Celular & Whatsapp: +57 314.721.8839 Or using the form immediately below:
- [PORTFOLIO-A](https://cato-photo.net/portfolio-a/): Eric Cato Fine Art Photography Portfolio “When you look at a wall spotted with stains or with a mixture of stones… you may discover—landscapes, mountains, figures in action, or strange faces—an endless variety of objects.”—Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci My photographs fall into two categories: Abstract or Narrative.  I use neutral titles such as Wall or Metal because I do not want to influence viewers on how to see or what to think about an image. Abstracts To see an image & its details, please click on the image. Narratives To see an image & its […]
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- [Home](https://cato-photo.net/): Eric Cato Fine Art Photography Artist’s Statement Since 1910, abstract imagery has been seen as the sole domain of painting by much of the art world. In fact, a number of eminent photographers—Paul Strand, Alfred Stieglitz, Man Ray, Brassaï—were making abstract photographs over a century ago; the first intentionally abstract photography was made in 1916—six years after the first abstract painting.   My photographs are of weathered surfaces, objects, graffiti, handbills, and paint found on walls, lampposts, and doors in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, Los Angeles, and Medellín among others.   In the process of photographing a surface […]


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