<![CDATA[ <body> <h1>Kathy Quirk-Syvertsen | lifestyle and location photographer Minneapolis</h1> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8"> <tr> <td align="left" class="links"><a href="/index.html"><span class="links"><a href="/index.html" target="_top"><font color="#999999">Home</font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/portfolio.html" target="_top"><font color="#999999">Portfolios</font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=1" target="_top"><font color="#999999">Contact</font></a></span> <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=2" target="_top"><font color="#666666"><b>Bio</b></font></a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> </td> </tr> </table> <h1>Bio | Kathy Quirk-Syvertsen | lifestyle and location photographer Minneapolis</h1></span><br> <div> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> <p><font size="5">Kathy Quirk-Syvertsen<br /> <br /> <img width="195" height="192" src="/users/KathyQuirkSyvertsen1594/Image/Bourdin_Web_Page_crop.jpg" alt="" /> <img width="128" height="192" src="/users/KathyQuirkSyvertsen1594/Image/Self_Portrait_030_Web_Page_Small(2).jpg" alt="" /> <img src="/users/KathyQuirkSyvertsen1594/docs/Image//North_Shore_Web(2).jpg" style="width: 254px; height: 191px;" alt="" /></font></p> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><font size="5"><font size="2"> </font></font></span><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><font size="5"><font size="2">Guy Bourdin 1977 Self Portrait 2008 Peter Syvertsen 2009<br /> </font></font></span></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4">I'm a native New Yorker now living in Minneapolis.</font></font></font><br /> <font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4"> </font></font></font><br /> <font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4"> My career started on the other side of the camera. First, as a child model, </font></font></font><font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4">then as a fashion model with Ford Models in the '70s. I was fortunate to work </font></font></font><font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4">with talented artists such as Guy Bourdin, Helmut Newton, Cecil Beaton, Sarah Moon, </font></font></font><font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4">David Baily and Deborah Turberville.</font></font></font><br /> <font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4"> </font></font></font><br /> <font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4"> People are my favorite subjects, particularly children. They fascinate me. I'm interested in their objects, grooming, play and rituals. Their emotional lives are undiluted and true.<br /> <br /> I shoot portraits on location bringing the environment and objects surrounding the people into my work. </font></font></font></p> <p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><font size="5"><font size="2"> <br /> <br /> </font></font> </span></p> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"><font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4"><br /> </font></font></font></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> <font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4"> </font></font></font><br /> </span></div> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> <p><font size="5"><font size="2"><font size="4"><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </font></font><br /> </font></p> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></p><div> Kathy Quirk-Syvertsen is a lifestyle and stock photographer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kathy Quirk Syvertsen specializing in commercial location photography in MN and the mid-west. Kathy Quirk-Syvertsen is a portrait photographer, subjects including people, adults and children. </body> ]]>