09/23/2026
During the decisive moment, do you step back… or step in?
A true compulsive photographer, Katelyn Slyer’s urge to document suppresses her inhibitions. The fly on the wall becomes a bug in the grill, heckling for an angle. A paradox: she’s equally comfortable out of her comfort zone.
“Photography is the only thing I’ve stuck at.”
From Katelyn’s earliest memories sitting for portraits in her father’s homebuilt studio, through The Oxford Tavern eight nights a week, to motherhood, a camera has always been within reach.
A lifetime spent documenting the people and subcultures around her, Katelyn Slyer dials in for a Good Chat on compulsion, intimacy, getting too close, and building an archive worth keeping.
Preorder The Middle, Katelyn’s new photobook, and read the full feature, now live on HS Magazine. Link in bio.
