Catherine Leutenegger is a visual artist, photographer, and teacher and has received several awards for her work, including the Manor Award, the Prix Culturel de la Photographie (awarded by the Fondation Vaudoise pour la Culture), and two Swiss Design Awards. Thanks in part to these distinctions, she was given her own solo exhibition at the Musée de l’Elysée, published a monograph entitled Hors-champ, and joined an artist residency program in New York City. During her time in the United States, she immersed herself in the city of Rochester, which is where Kodak was founded in 1881, and produced a book entitled Kodak City.