She received her MFA in photography from the University of Notre Dame in 2005 and BFA at the University of Missouri, Columbia in 2002.  Klutenkamper is currently an assistant professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio.  She has presented papers at various national conferences and is actively involved in the Society for Photographic Education.

The Model Home

The work included in this portfolio demonstrates a common thread between two bodies of work.  In the primary series, Circumstances (2008 – Present), Klutenkamper explores the different perceptions of events and experiences between siblings with gaps in ages.  She investigates the construction of memory and the always evolving definition of one's “self.”  Every image explores domestic interiors, as the home is often considered a place of comfort, security, symbolic of family and the internal.  Within the visual context of my current body of work, I utilize the domestic locations to explore the photograph as a visual metaphor for the psyche. In my research of photographic images, I have found a place where I may create my own subverted reality and confront the psychological connections between the viewer and myself. The figure within each image refers to the characters in, Stills, from a larger and ambiguous narrative.  The juxtaposition between character and domestic spaces create a fractured narrative that represents isolation, anxiety, and constant perplexity, encouraging viewers to utilize the concept of beauty as an experience rather than condition. It is critical that this discourse take place, this flux of understanding, so that the singular image functions on its own and within the series, in context and comprehension.