ABOUT
Elias Williams is a New York based photographer whose work honors underrepresented people in the United States. Through portraiture and long-form essays he studies the cultural and historical significance of everyday people within these communities.
CONTACT
info@eliaswilliams.com
CLIENTS
AARP
Buzzfeed News
Booking.com
Bloomberg
ESPN's The Undefeated
HuffPost
The New York Times
National Geographic
NBC
NPR
Obama Foundation
Wall Street Journal
The Washington Post
EDUCATION
2012 | A.A.S in Photography, CUNY LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 | OPEN DOORS, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
2018 | A New Gaze, PDN Photoplus Expo at Javits Center, New York, NY
2017 | Underground Never Dies: BMX in the BX, ArtViews Gallery, Bronx, NY
2016 | Creatively Exploring Place, Self & Collective Identity, Tyler Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2015 | Photoville: 20 Emerging American Photographers, International Photo Festival Leiden, Leiden, NL
2015 | Through the Lens: Visions of African American Experience 1950-1970, Digital Interactive, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2014 | Transitions, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2011 | L.I.C Works, LaGuardia Gallery of Photographic Arts, Long Island City, NY
2010 | Faces of LaGuardia , LaGuardia Gallery of Photographic Arts, Long Island City, NY
RECOGNITION
2017 | Bronx Council on the Arts’ Bronx Recognizes its Own Award
2017 | Magnum Foundation Photography & Social Justice Fellowship
2015 | New York Times Portfolio Review
2013 | New York Times Portfolio Review
ARTIST TALKS
2020 | Finding the Clotilda, National Geographic Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
2016 | Lanigan Hall, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY
SELECTED PRESS & MEDIA COVERAGE
2016 | Freedom to Ride, New York Times Metropolitan Album
2016 | The Brotherhood of Big City BMX, New York Times Lens Blog
2016 | A Portrait of St. Albans, Photo District News’ Photo of the Day
2015 | The Pride of St. Albans, New York Times Metropolitan Album
2015 | Photographs of Everyday African-American Pride in Queens