Catherine Powell is a live music, portrait and event photographer based in Nashville, TN.

For 30-year-old Catherine Powell, music and photography have always been a package deal. She began photographing concerts at age 14, and was covering high profile tours for various web outlets within six months. She has photographed artists from every genre imaginable over the course of her 16-year career.

Following the success and praise of her live images, Catherine made the venture into celebrity portraiture at age 17 when she co-founded NKD Mag with Ariella Mastroianni. After Ariella left the company in 2013, Catherine continued to grow the brand into one of the largest digital publications around - toting an impressive global audience of over 90 million unique readers. She functioned as the magazine’s editor-in-chief and designer until October 2019, when she closed to publication after 100 monthly issues.

At 18, Catherine moved to New York City to study photography at the School of Visual Arts. With the assistance and encouragement of the photography department, she was able to balance her thriving career with her academics. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts in May 2016.

During her time in college and after, Catherine toured with various artists including MAX, flor, MKTO, Walker Hayes and more. In a true career turning point, Catherine began working with Kacey Musgraves in 2018 as she was gearing up to release her now-Grammy winning album, Golden Hour, and traveled with her globally for nearly four years.

Since moving to Nashville in 2019, Catherine has toured Dan + Shay, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, Ingrid Andress and more. She currently tours with country superstar Kelsea Ballerini.

In 2021, Catherine became the house photographer at the legendary Ryman Auditorium. In the same year, she signed with Getty Images for events and syndication.

She has been published in Rolling Stone, Billboard, People and more.