Kristie Cornell is a self-taught photographer living and working in Lafayette, Louisiana. Trained as a geologist, she walks the line between the scientific and artistic worlds. Her work explores her relationship to the natural and cultural landscapes of her native Louisiana and the South, as well as connections made to places she explores while traveling.

Making photographs is Kristie’s way of slowing down, of truly seeing and understanding a place. She captures evocative images of the details, patterns, and textures of an environment that bring her experience and appreciation of the landscape to the viewer.

In 2023, she and collaborator Marla Kristicevich published the book Meander Mindset: Bayou Teche, an artistic exploration of one of South Louisiana’s most iconic waterways.

Kristie’s work has been shown regionally, including at The Acadiana Center for the Arts, Basin Arts, and Glide Studios in Lafayette, LA; and at the New Orleans Photo Alliance and The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, LA. In 2024, she was invited to speak about her work at the Historic New Orleans Collection for the Jules L. Cahn John H. Lawrence Photography Lecture.