Welcome!
I am an amateur photographer living with my family in Copenhagen, Denmark. In my day job, I work in the field of philosophy. I have no formal education in photography — I am largely self-taught. I have been photographing more seriously since 2023, and in 2024 the American photographer Chris Murray served as my mentor. I have studied art history at the Warburg Institute in London, in which Renaissance art was central, and that background has remained valuable to my photography.​​​​​​​

The physical print, not the digital image, is the final expression of my work. The size, aspect ratio and paper used for the print determine how the image appears to the beholder as an autonomous, physical object endowed with an agency of its own. A print is a way of giving back to the world something initially offered by it. This also applies to black and white photographs, where the print translates form, texture and luminosities into tactile and tonal qualities that take on a reality of their own. For this reason, I print all my images myself on high-quality paper.

Exhibitions
2026: One black and white image selected for exhibition in The Glasgow Gallery of Photography in the category Environment, Glasgow, Scotland. The exhibition is open March 5-28, 2026.​​​​​​​
1991: Galleri Basilisk, Copenhagen, Denmark. Solo show with Ellen Hyllemose. I contributed with sculptures.
1988: Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark. A curated group show with open call. I exhibited reliefs.

Publication
2025: Four black and white images published in the British magazine On Landscape, issue 333 (2025): ‘Northern Scandinavia’.

Prizes
2025: Nominee in the Amateur Category Wildlife/Animals in the 11th Fine Art Photography Awards.
2024: Number 2 in the category ‘Landscape’, 2024, in the American Nature Photographers Network.
Leo Catana
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