Kate Cordsen (born 1966, Great Falls, Virginia, United States) is an American photographer and contemporary artist.

She worked closely with Japanese avant-garde artists Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto, appearing on the runway and in print.

Cordsen credits this time as a model as both the beginning of her education in photography and as formative in understanding Japanese aesthetics.

[2] Known for large format landscapes,[citation needed] Cordsen produces ethereal and ambiguous[3] images that evoke ideas of fragmented memories and temporality.

[4] She often combines 19th century chemical methods with traditional film and digital technologies.