Cat Palmer

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Cat Palmer is an American queer photographer and artist best known for images of women. Raised by her paternal grandparents in Orange County, California she graduated from Villa Park High School in 1997. She began shooting underground musicians at age 15, on the streets of Los Angeles. Palmer went on to study photography at Orange Coast College. She is known for her images of iconic cult punks, Spoon and Squid from the Decline of Western Civilization series. At the age of 21 (2001), she moved to Utah. She currently has a monthly column with City Weekly: "Small Lake City". She is a public speaker and gave the keynote speech for Queer Spectra in 2025 and the keynote speech for The Utah Pride march in 2024. She has been a contributor on Good Things Utah, starting in 2020. She served as the Programming Director for The Utah Queer Film Festival in 2024, 2025, & 2026.

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