Karen Halverson was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1941. She studied Philosophy and Anthropology, before deciding on a life dedicated to photography. She took lessons from Garry Winogrand and Joel Meyerowitz, among others, and discovered the expanses of the American landscape, as a main theme for her photographic work. In 1991, she moved to Los Angeles, where she spent 15 years; Mulholland Drive soon became a preferred subject that she returned to, time and again, over many years.
