Jason Fulford

Jason Fulford
Born	1973 (age 51–52)
Occupation	Photographer publisher educator
Nationality	American
Spouse	Tamara Shopsin

Jason Fulford (born 1973) ^[1] is an American photographer, publisher ^[2] and educator, ^[3] based in Brooklyn, New York City ^[4] and Scranton, Pennsylvania. ^[5]

Career

The primary format for Fulford's own photography is the book, which includes Sunbird (2000), Crushed (2003), Raising Frogs For $$$ (2006), The Mushroom Collector (2010), Hotel Oracle (2013), ^[6] Contains: 3 Books (2016), ^[7] The Medium is a Mess (2018), and Clayton's Ascent (2018). ^[8] He has had a solo exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art ^[9] and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. ^[10] He is a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University. ^[11]

In 2000, Fulford and Leanne Shapton founded the non-profit publisher J&L Books, ^{[10] [12]} where he is publisher, editor, and book designer. ^[13] He works as a photographer and has lectured at various universities. ^{[13] [3]}

Fulford's photographs have been featured in The Atlantic, ^[14] Harper's, ^[15] The New Yorker, ^{[16] [17] [18] [19]} The New York Times, ^[20] The New York Times Magazine, ^{[21] [22] [23]} and Topic. ^[24]

Personal life

He is based in Brooklyn, New York City, ^[4] and is married to Tamara Shopsin. ^{[25] [26]}

Publications

Publications of photographs by Fulford

• Sunbird. With text by Adam Gilders. Atlanta, GA: Bird Entertainment. 2000. ISBN   978-0-9701656-0-2.
• Crushed. Atlanta, GA: J&L. 2003. ISBN   978-0-9701656-7-1.
• Raising Frogs for $$$. Los Angeles, CA: The Ice Plant. 2006. ISBN   978-0-9776481-1-5.
• The Mushroom Collector. Edited by Lorenzo De Rita. Amsterdam: Soon. 2010. ISBN   978-90-810584-2-1.
• Notes on Fulford's Raising Frogs for $$$. Los Angeles, CA: The Ice Plant. 2011. ISBN   978-0-9823653-5-9.
• Hotel Oracle. Edited by Lorenzo De Rita. First edition. Edition of 1000 copies. Amsterdam: The Soon Institute. 2013. ISBN   978-90-810584-4-5.
  • Hotel Oracle. Edited by Lorenzo De Rita. Second edition. Edition of 1000 copies. Amsterdam: The Soon Institute. 2014. ISBN   978-90-810584-5-2.
• Contains: 3 Books. Three volumes in a box: Mild Moderate Severe Profound, I Am Napoleon and &&. Edited by Lorenzo De Rita. Amsterdam: The Soon Institute. 2016. ISBN   978-90-810584-7-6.
• The Medium Is a Mess. Edition of 500 copies. Reggio Emilia: Studio Blanco. 2018. ^[8]
• Clayton's Ascent. TBW Subscription Series 6, Book 2. Fulford, Guido Guidi, Gregory Halpern, and Viviane Sassen each had one book in a set of four. Edition of 1000 copies. Oakland, CA: TBW. 2018. ISBN   978-1-942953-33-3.
• Picture Summer on Kodak Film. London: Mack. 2020. ISBN   978-1-912339-74-7.
• The Heart Is a Sandwich. London: Mack. 2023. ISBN   978-1-913620-96-7.
• Lots of Lots. London: Mack. 2025. ISBN   978-1-915743-46-6.

Publications about art for young readers

• This Equals That. With Tamara Shopsin. New York: Aperture. 2014. ISBN   978-1-59711-288-8. ^[27]
• Find Colors. With Tamara Shopsin, in partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art. London: Phaidon. 2018. ISBN   978-0-7148-7659-7.
• These Colors Are Bananas. With Tamara Shopsin, in partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art. London: Phaidon. 2018. ISBN   978-0-7148-7660-3.
• A Pile of Leaves. With Tamara Shopsin, in partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art. London: Phaidon. 2018. ISBN   978-0-7148-7720-4.
• Art This Way. With Tamara Shopsin, in partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art. London: Phaidon. 2018. ISBN   978-0-7148-7721-1.

Publications edited by Fulford

• The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas. Edited by Fulford and Gregory Halpern. New York: Aperture. 2014. ISBN   978-1-59711-247-5.
• Good 70s. By Mike Mandel, with text by Sandra Phillips. Edited by Fulford and Sharon Gallagher. Atlanta/New York: J&L/D.A.P. 2015. ISBN   978-0-9895311-4-6.
• Where to Score. Edited by Fulford and Jordan Stein. Atlanta/San Francisco: J&L/Kadist. 2018. ISBN   978-0-9993655-1-9.
• "Der Greif". Der Greif. Vol. 11. Edited by Fulford. Munich. 2018. ISSN   2191-4524.
• Photo No-No's: Meditations on What Not to Photograph. New York: Aperture. 2021. ISBN   978-1-59711-499-8.
• Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us: Photographs by Corita. Edited by Julie Ault, Fulford and Jordan Weitzman. Atlanta/New York: J&L/Magic Hour. 2023. ISBN   978-0-9993655-5-7.
• 47 Fotos. Photographs by Bruno Munari and Jason Fulford. Edited by Fulford. Mantova: Maurizio Corraini. 2024. ISBN   979-12-5493-131-8.

Publications with contributions by Fulford

• Trunk, Penelope (as Adrienne Eisen) (2001). Making Scenes. Photographs and design by Fulford. New York: Broadvision. ISBN   978-0-9703517-0-8.
• Shopsin, Kenny; Carreño, Carolynn (2008). Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin. Photographs by Fulford and Tamara Shopsin. Foreword by Calvin Trillin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN   978-0-307-26493-0.
• Headley, Brooks (2014). Brooks Headley's Fancy Desserts. Photographs and design by Fulford and Tamara Shopsin. New York: W. W. Norton. ISBN   978-0-393-24107-5.
• Klacsmann, John; Lampert, Andrew (2015). Paper Airplanes: The Collections of Harry Smith, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I. Photographs by Fulford. Atlanta/New York: J&L/Anthology Film Archives. ISBN   978-0-9895311-3-9.
• Klacsmann, John; Lampert, Andrew (2015). String Figures: The Collections of Harry Smith, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I. Photographs by Fulford. Atlanta/New York: J&L/Anthology Film Archives. ISBN   978-0-9895311-6-0.
• Brown, Will (2016). Bruce Conner Brass Handles. Text by Jean Conner. Photographs by Fulford. Atlanta, GA: J&L. ISBN   978-0-9895311-8-4.
• Khong, Rachel (2017). All About Eggs. With the editors of Lucky Peach. Photographs and design by Fulford and Tamara Shopsin. New York: Clarkson Potter. ISBN   978-0-8041-8775-6.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• New Pictures 5: Jason Fulford, The Mushroom Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, October 2011 – April 2012. Photographs, publications, sculptures (involving the museum's permanent collection), and performances. ^[9]
• Mushroom Machine, San Francisco, CA, Kadist, May 2012. ^[28]
• Harry Smith's Paper Airplanes, SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA, May–August 2016. ^[29]
• High Anxiety, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, February–March 2017. ^[30]
• Fake Newsroom, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, April 2017. With Jim Goldberg and Dru Donovan. ^{[31] [32]}
• Picture Summer on Kodak Film, Micamera, Milan, 2021. ^[33]
• The Heart Is a Sandwich, Micamera, Milan, 2023. ^[34]
• Everything (LOL), Micamera, Milan, 2025. ^[35]
• Lots of Lots, Fotofestiwal, Łódź, 2025.

Group exhibitions or during festivals

• Where There's Smoke, San Francisco, Fraenkel Gallery, July–August 2014. With Ruth Van Beek, Michael Lundgren and Viviane Sassen. Curated by Darius Himes. ^[36]
• Hotel Oracle, Krakow Photomonth, Krakow, Poland, 2014. ^{[37] [38]}
• Begin Anywhere: Paths of Mentorship and Collaboration, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, September–October 2017. Collaboration between Amanda Boe, McNair Evans, Kevin Kunishi, Fulford, Todd Hido, Mark Mahaney, Mike Smith, and Alec Soth. ^{[39] [40]}
• The Mushroom Collection, Photo España, Madrid, 2018. Curated by Cristina De Middel. ^[3]

Awards

• 2014: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation ^[10]

See also

• Shopsin's – a diner in New York City whose chef/owner, Kenny Shopsin, is Tamara Shopsin's father

References

1. "This Equals That By Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin". Aperture Foundation. Accessed April 1, 2018.
2. "Jason Fulford". Pier 24. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
3. "Q&A: Jason Fulford, photographer, book-maker, and educator". British Journal of Photography. August 3, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
4. Gorce, Tammy La (March 16, 2018). "How Tamara Shopsin, Illustrator and Part-Time Cook, Spends Her Sundays". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 23, 2019.
5. "Episode 3 | Jason Fulford". Magic Hour. July 27, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
6. "Jason Fulford at MiCamera". Vogue.it. March 26, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
7. "Jason Fulford can't be contained". Aperture Foundation NY. September 14, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
8. "Interview with Jason Fulford". FK. September 2, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
9. "NP5 – Jason Fulford". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Accessed 2 April 2018.
10. "Jason Fulford". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . Retrieved April 1, 2018.
11. "Jason Fulford | Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies". afvs.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
12. Castoro, Rocco (August 4, 2011). "An Interview with Jason Fulford". Vice . Retrieved April 1, 2018.
13. Bardelli Nonino, Chiara (March 26, 2014). "Jason Fulford at MiCamera". Vogue Italia . Retrieved April 2, 2018.
14. Quinones, Sam (May 2019). "Physicians Get Addicted Too". The Atlantic. ISSN   1072-7825 . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
15. "Jason Fulford | Harper's Magazine" . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
16. Schama, Simon (August 27, 2018). "Treasures from the Color Archive". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
17. Crouch, Ian (March 30, 2017). "Remembering Ed Whitlock, the Marathoner Who Was Still Breaking Records at Eighty-Five". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
18. DenHoed, Andrea; Fulford, Jason (September 28, 2015). "The Paper Planes of New York". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
19. Chiasson, Dan (April 22, 2019). "The Man Who Built the Bauhaus". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
20. Shopsin, Tamara; Fulford, Jason (March 13, 2015). "Visiting Le Corbusier's Grave". Opinionator. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
21. Wells, Pete (September 14, 2010). "Food - Prep Work". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
22. Wells, Pete (April 28, 2010). "Cooking with Dexter - Nut Allergies". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
23. Wells, Pete (September 30, 2009). "Pretending That McDonald's Doesn't Exist". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
24. "A Dream Called Epcot". Topic. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
25. La Gorce, Tammy (March 16, 2018). "How Tamara Shopsin, Illustrator and Part-Time Cook, Spends Her Sundays". The New York Times . New York City. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
26. Anastas, Benjamin (March 22, 2013). "A Feast for the Senses: 'Mumbai New York Scranton,' by Tamara Shopsin". The New York Times . New York City. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
27. Russo, Maria (November 12, 2014). "Ways of Seeing". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
28. "Jason Fulford's Mushroom Machine – Kadist" . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
29. "Harry Smith's Paper Airplane Collection | SFO Museum". sfomuseum.org. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
30. "Jason Fulford: High Anxiety: 9 Feb 2017 – 25 Mar 2017". Fraenkel Gallery . Retrieved April 2, 2018.
31. Cotton, Charlotte. "Charlotte Cotton's Best of 2017". British Journal of Photography . Retrieved April 2, 2018.
32. "Fake Newsroom". Minnesota Street Project. March 20, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
33. "Jason Fulford: Picture Summer on Kodak Film • Micamera Bookstore". Micamera Bookstore. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
34. "Exhibition: Jason Fulford - THE HEART IS A SANDWICH • Micamera Bookstore". Micamera Bookstore. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
35. "Jason Fulford: Everything (LOL) • Micamera Bookstore". Micamera Bookstore. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
36. "Where There's Smoke". Fraenkel Gallery. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
37. Powell, Jim (June 7, 2014). "Krakow Photomonth – in pictures". The Guardian . Retrieved April 1, 2018.
38. "A tour of Krakow Photography Festival". The Daily Telegraph . London. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
39. Whiting, Sam (August 30, 2017). "A photographic chain of inspiration as mentors' work influences mentees". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved April 2, 2018.
40. "Begin Anywhere: Paths of Mentorship and Collaboration". SF Camerawork . Retrieved April 2, 2018.

External links

• Official website