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EXHIBITIONS, NEWS & AWARDS
Upcoming & Past
"Crown Heights"
Finalist
Oslo Street Photography Festival 2025
May 23 & 24, 2025
Oslo, Norway
Berlin Photo Awards-2025
Finalist
Cityscapes & Skylines category
"Pigeons Over Central Park"
8th Chania International Photo Festival
July 20th-July 25th 2025
Greece
"Miami Beach"
Honorable Mention
“Thresholds 2025” exhibition
Juror: Kara Felt
Los Angeles Center of Photography
May 1-31, 2025
Helms Design District
Culver City, California
"Double Cross"
Finalist (Street Portrait Division)
Dublin Street Photography Festival 2025
Charlemont Square
Dublin, Ireland
May 2 - 4, 2025
Jurors: Martin Parr, Melissa O’Shaughnessy, Rammy Narula
"Look Look Look"
Book by Snap Collective, publisher in Denmark
The culmination of work from the last 16 years, consisting of 106 candid photographs primarily taken in New York City; with some from Germany, Denmark, Miami, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Available for pre-order now here.
Book will be ready April 2025
"The Dropped Hot Dog"
Silver Medal
Paris International Street Photo Awards, 2024
President of the Jury: Souhayl A.
"Washington Square Park"
The Wall, 8th edition
(one of the winners)
Cyprus Photographic Society-Pafos Branch
On display in Pafos, Greece for eleven months, 2024-2025
Jurors: Maro Kouri, Joanna Madloch, Taras Bychko
"From My Window" Series
Honorable Mentions
Budapest International Foto Awards_2024
"Williamsburg" "Grand Bazaar"
"Washington Square Park"
Eyeshot Open Call_2024
Three Semi-Finalist selections
"Drummer Girl"
Honorable Mention Winner
Portraits as Visual Repositories
Los Angeles Center of Photography
August 27, 2024 - February 27, 2025
Juror: Asha Iman Veal
"Isolation" "Personality: Contemporary Portraiture" Exhibition
Winner of Curator's Choice Award
(for one of the photos)
PH21 Gallery
Budapest, Hungary
June 1 - 25, 2024
Juror: Zsolt Batori
Honorable Mention
21st Pollux Awards
2024
Urban Awards
To be exhibited July 2025
FotoNostum Gallery
Barcelona, Spain
"New York State of Mind" Exhibition
Exhibitor in Group Exhibition
The Street Soup Gallery
Milan, Italy
May 27 - June 3, 2024
"Lost"
Honorable Mention
17th Annual International Color Awards_2024
"Birds Over Central Park"
F Stop Magazine
Cities Edition
2024
"Shopping in Soho"
Street Exhibition
Blank Wall Gallery
May 17 - 29, 2024
Athens, Greece
"Green Juice"
Portrait: Self and Others
2024
Online Gallery
PhotoPlace Gallery
Juror: Aline Smithson
Middlebury, Vermont
"Bookstore"
Finalist
Dublin Street Photography Festival
May 3 - 6, 2024
Juried by panel of nine judges
Dublin, Ireland
"Soho"
Honorable Mention
2023 Tokyo International Foto Awards
"Soho_NYC", "Knock Out" and "Marilyn" (2023)
Paris International Street Photography Awards (PISPA) 2023
Exhibited at Xposure Festival
February 28 to March 4, 2024
Emirates of Sharjah
"Moon Over Manhattan"
Budapest International Foto Awards_2023
(BIFA)
Bronze Winner
Architecture / Cityscape Division
Budapest, Hungary
"From My Window"
Finalist Dodho Magazine
Online Edition
2023 - 2024
Juror: Maxim Panes
"Marilyn" (2023)
Particular Merit Mention
Among the "Winners"
Other photos also included
AAP Magazine
2023 Street Edition
Juror: Steve McCurry
Hardcopy magazine & online
"Knockout" (2023)
FINALIST
Single Image
Street photographers Foundation Awards 2023
Jurors:
@ohstop1946, @gulnara.siamoilova, @the_nick_turpin, @ale_jandram, @laurelchor, @masoudgharaeiphoto
Tehran, Iraq in conjunction with The Tehran Street Photography Festival
"Balthazar" and "Sweetgreen"
Dolling Up The Lens Exhibition: Barbie
PH21 Gallery
Juror: Zsolt Batori
December 13, 2023 - January 6, 2024
"Clouds"
Second Annual Exhibition
Honorable Mention
APA-NY
Soho Photo Gallery
NYC
December 5 - 10, 2023
Juror: Brian Paul Clamp
"Marilyn" "Soho_NYC" & "Down for the Count"
Honorable Mention
Pollux Awards
FotoNorstum Gallery
Barcelona, Spain
"Hands"
Eyeshot Open Call
Semi-Finalist
2023
"Photographer and Pigeons"
Official Selection & Honorable Mention
20th International Photo Awards (IPA)
New York City, 2023
NYC Subway
Finalist in Series Division
Honorable Mention
PSPI Street Festival
September 23 - 24, 2023
Pisa, Italy
"Me Multiplied"
Honorable Mention
"Portrait: Self and Others"
Gallery Exhibition
Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
Opens August 8, 2023
PhotoPlace Gallery
Middlebury, Vermont
"Skeleton"
The Decisive Moment Exhibition
Juror: Aline Smithson
September 7 - 27, 2023
PhotoPlace Gallery
Middlebury, Vermont
"Selfie"
Water Exhibition
A. Smith Gallery
Juror, Elizabeth Avedon
June 23 - August 3, 2023
Online Exhibition
Johnson City, Texas
PAUL KESSEL
"Streets"
Solo Exhibition with 23 photographs
Garage Gallery
North Elm Street
Beacon, New York
Curated by Gallery Director, Susan Keiser
May 13 - 28, 2023
Saturdays & Sundays, 1 - 5PM
and by appointment
Learn more about the exhibition here:
https://garagegallery.com/2023-exhibitions
"Essex Street" Nominated
16th Annual International Color Awards
2023
photoshow.colorawards.com
FINALIST for Individual Photo
"Hands"
Brussels Street Photography Festival (BSPF)
2023
Opening June 1st
Brussels, Belgium
For more information: www.bspfestival.org
"Line on Fifth Avenue"
6th Chania International Photo Festival
Chania, Crete, Greece
August 2-9, 2023
HONORABLE MENTION
"Q Train"
Between Worlds
Streetcollective - Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
2023
"Hands" and "Selfie"
F-Stop Magazine
Street Photography Exhibition_2023
Guest Editor & Juror: Cary Benlow
"Moon Over Manhattan" and "Winter in NYC"
Urban Exhibition
PH21 Gallery
Director, Curator & Juror: Zsolt Batori
May 4 - 27, 2023
Budapest, Hungary
Street Division of the 19th Pollux Awards 2023
Juror: Stephen Perloff
WINNER
for Street Division
HONORABLE MENTION
for Series "True Believers"
HONORABLE MENTION
for Individual Photo
"NYC Subway"
Solo Show
Gastfeld Gallery
Germany
Gallery Director and Curator
Dr. Marvin Marckwardt
March 1, 2023 - June 24, 2023
Bremen, Germany
"A Corner"
Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in NYC Photography
GANYC Apple Award 2023
Guides Association of NYC (GANYC)
March 6, 2023
Kaufman Music Center - Merkin Hall
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