Cat Photography Q&A with Michele West

Michele West has been a photographer most of her life. She considers herself fortunate to have studied photography early when it was still “film” and in the style of the great masters. Henri Cartier-Bresson, who is considered the father of photo journalism, and who coined the term, “the decisive moment,” was one of her great inspirations. The decisive moment is waiting for all the elements to come perfectly together.

Michele started out doing street photography in New York City, where she did...