Gus Powell

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Gus Powell (1974) is an American street photographer. [1] He was a member of the In-Public street photography collective. [2]

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Powell has published two of his own photography books: The Company of Strangers (2003) and The Lonely Ones (2015), the latter with work spanning a decade. [3] He has had a solo exhibition at Museum of the City of New York and his work is held in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. In 2003 Photo District News considered Powell one of their 30 emerging photographers to watch, [4] and in 2013 he won an award in the National Magazine Awards. [5]

Life and work

Powell was born in New York City [1] in 1974. He became a member of the In-Public street photography collective in 2003. [2]

His photographs are regularly published in The New Yorker. [1] [6]

Publications

Publications by Powell

Publications with contributions by Powell

Awards

Solo exhibitions

Collections

Powell's work is held in the following permanent collections:

Film

Notes

  1. The film is available to watch here Archived 2018-02-17 at the Wayback Machine within Turpin's site.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Biondi, Elisabeth (12 May 2010). "On and Off the Walls: Gus Powell's Honest Pictures". The New Yorker . Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Turpin, Nick (2010). 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin Publishing. ISBN   978-0-9563322-1-9.
  3. 1 2 Horan, Betsy (17 December 2015). "An Inventively Designed Photo Book (That You Can Read)". The New York Times . Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 "PDN's 30 2003". Photo District News. 1 January 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 Kellogg, Carolyn (1 April 2013). "National Magazine Award finalists include Los Angeles, Byliner)". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  6. Schuman, Aaron (13 January 2016). "See How Gus Powell Mixed Words and Images for Wits". Time . Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  7. "Manhattan Noon: Photographs by Gus Powell". ArtDaily. Accessed 23 May 2017
  8. "Exhibitions > Past". Galerie Nathalie Motte Masselink. Accessed 23 May 2017
  9. "Gus Powell: The Lonely Ones". Sasha Wolf. Accessed 23 May 2017
  10. "Gus Powell: The Lonely Ones". Micamera. Accessed 23 May 2017
  11. "gus powell: bloomberg philanthropies public art project". Spartanburg Art Museum. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  12. "Powell, Gus". Art Institute of Chicago. Accessed 23 May 2017
  13. "Gus Powell: Times Square, NYC, 11AM, Sept. 11th, 2001". Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Accessed 23 May 2017
  14. "From the collection: Gus Powell". Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Accessed 23 May 2017