Artists Dru Donovan and Jon Rubin join PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to share their memories of legendary photographer, artist, and teacher Larry Sultan and discuss the release of Water Over Thunder: Selected Writings (MACK), the first publication devoted to Sultan’s wide-ranging use of writing as… Read More »Dru Donovan & Jon Rubin
PhotoWork and Aperture have come together to present a series of programs featuring the PhotoWork Senior Fellows.
We are happy to announce that applications for the 2027 PhotoWork Junior Fellowship will open on September 15th, 2026.
Photography’s unique act of looking allows artists to observe the world around them while also turning the lens inward, offering a more expansive examination of how society represents itself and how it is represented. This selection of episodes from the PhotoWork archive explores the varied… Read More »Portraiture & Representation
Curators Marina Chao & Adam Ryan (CPW) join PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to discuss the inaugural Upstate Photography Biennial and the curatorial process behind this major contemporary photography exhibition. Chao, Ryan, and Wolf explore how CPW develops exhibitions with both the local community and broader… Read More »Marina Chao & Adam Ryan
We are pleased to announce the conclusion of the 2026 PhotoWork Junior Fellowship. Over the past six months, our six Junior Fellows have grown significantly as artists under the guidance of their dedicated Mentors. This program fostered creative exploration, supported the development of new working… Read More »Celebrating the 2026 PhotoWork Junior Fellows
New York, NY | Mentor: Rahim Fortune Based between New York City and his hometown of Baltimore, Dahveed Wilkins is an artist and documentarian with a darkroom based practice. His work centers around traditional photo-documentary and surrealist self-portraiture work with a focus on archiving Black life… Read More »Dahveed Wilkins
Houston, TX | Mentor: Kelli Connell Avery Norman is a Texas born photographer currently based in New York City. She graduated from Pratt Institute in 2022 with a BFA in Photography, followed by the International Center of Photography’s year long creative practices program in 2023. Her… Read More »Avery Norman
Little Rock, AR | Mentor: Bryan Schutmaat Jacobb Nichol is a documentary photographer from Arkansas whose work explores growing up, identity, and belonging in the American South. Through long-term projects, he focuses on the people and places that are often overlooked, creating images built through relationships,… Read More »Jacobb Nichol
Brooklyn, NY & Rockbridge, VA | Mentor: Barbara Bosworth Claire Kosky is an artist who creates compassionate examinations of interactions between humans and the natural world using a view camera. Drawing on her upbringing in rural Virginia, she travels from her current home in Brooklyn to… Read More »Claire Kosky