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
SELECTED CLIENTS & PUBLICATIONS
AARP
Buzzfeed News
Booking.com
Bloomberg
ESPN's The Undefeated
The New York Times
National Geographic
NBC News
NPR
NYC Health
Obama Foundation
Wall Street Journal
EDUCATION
2012 | A.A.S in Photography, CUNY LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
WORKSHOPS
2017 | Advanced Mentorship Program w/ James Estrin and Ed Kashi, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2016 | Maggie Steber Workshop, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
2017 | Magnum Foundation Photography & Social Justice Fellowship
2017 | Bronx Council on the Arts’ Bronx Recognizes its Own Award
ARTIST TALKS
2016 | Lanigan Hall, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY
SELECTED PRESS & MEDIA COVERAGE
2016 | Freedom to Ride, New York Times Metropolitan Album, page 8, October 2, 2016
2016 | The Brotherhood of Big City BMX, New York Times Lens Blog, September 29, 2016
2016 | A Portrait of St. Albans, Photo District News’ Photo of the Day, June 7, 2016
2015 | The Pride of St. Albans, New York Times Metropolitan Album, page 8, May 10, 2015
2015 | Photographs of Everyday African-American Pride in Queens, New York Times Lens Blog, May 8, 2015