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EXHIBITIONS, NEWS & AWARDS

Upcoming & Past

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"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.
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Available for pre-order now here.

Book will be ready April 2025

 
The Dropped Hot Dog
"The Dropped Hot Dog"
Silver Medal

Paris International Street Photo Awards, 2024
 
President of the Jury: Souhayl A.
Washington Square Park
"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
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"From My Window" Series

Honorable Mentions

​Budapest International Foto Awards_2024
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"Williamsburg"  "Grand Bazaar"
"Washington Square Park"


Eyeshot Open Call_2024
 
Three Semi-Finalist selections
Drummer Girl
"Drummer Girl"

Honorable Mention Winner

​Portraits as Visual Repositories

Los Angeles Center of Photography

August 27, 2024 - February 27, 2025
 
Juror: Asha Iman Veal
 
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"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
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Honorable Mention
21st Pollux Awards
2024


Urban Awards

To be exhibited July 2025

FotoNostum Gallery

Barcelona, Spain
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"New York State of Mind" Exhibition

Exhibitor in Group Exhibition

The Street Soup Gallery
Milan, Italy

May 27 - June 3, 2024
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"Lost"
 
Honorable Mention

17th Annual International Color Awards_2024
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"Birds Over Central Park"

F Stop Magazine

Cities Edition

2024
Shopping in Soho
"Shopping in Soho"

Street Exhibition

Blank Wall Gallery

May 17 - 29, 2024

Athens, Greece
Green Juice
"Green Juice"

Portrait: Self and Others

2024

Online Gallery
PhotoPlace Gallery

Juror: Aline Smithson

Middlebury, Vermont
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"Bookstore"

Finalist

Dublin Street Photography Festival

May 3 - 6, 2024

Juried by panel of nine judges

Dublin, Ireland
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"Soho"

Honorable Mention

2023 Tokyo International Foto Awards
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Marilyn
"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
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"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
"Marilyn" (2023)

Particular Merit Mention
Among the "Winners"


Other photos also included

AAP Magazine
2023 Street Edition

Juror: Steve McCurry

Hardcopy magazine & online
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"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
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"Balthazar" and "Sweetgreen"

Dolling Up The Lens Exhibition: Barbie

PH21 Gallery

Juror: Zsolt Batori

December 13, 2023 - January 6, 2024
 
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"Clouds"
Second Annual Exhibition

Honorable Mention

APA-NY

Soho Photo Gallery
NYC

December 5 - 10, 2023
 
Juror: Brian Paul Clamp
 
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"Marilyn" "Soho_NYC" & "Down for the Count"
 
Honorable Mention

Pollux Awards

FotoNorstum Gallery 
Barcelona, Spain
Hands _ Central Park South
"Hands"
Eyeshot Open Call

Semi-Finalist
 
2023
Photographer and Pigeons
"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
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"Me Multiplied"
Honorable Mention
 
"Portrait: Self and Others"
Gallery Exhibition
 
Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
Opens August 8, 2023
PhotoPlace Gallery
Middlebury, Vermont
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"Skeleton"
The Decisive Moment Exhibition

Juror: Aline Smithson

September 7 - 27, 2023

PhotoPlace Gallery

Middlebury, Vermont
 
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"Selfie"

Water Exhibition

A. Smith Gallery


Juror, Elizabeth Avedon

June 23 - August 3, 
2023

Online Exhibition

Johnson City, Texas
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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
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"Essex Street" Nominated

16th Annual International Color Awards
2023

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FINALIST for Individual Photo
"Hands"

Brussels Street Photography Festival (BSPF)
2023

Opening June 1st

Brussels, Belgium

For more information: www.bspfestival.org
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"Line on Fifth Avenue"

6th Chania International Photo Festival

Chania, Crete, Greece

August 2-9, 2023
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HONORABLE MENTION
"Q Train"

Between Worlds
Streetcollective - Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany
2023
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"Hands" and "Selfie"

F-Stop Magazine

Street Photography Exhibition_2023

Guest Editor & Juror: Cary Benlow
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"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
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HONORABLE MENTION
for Series "True Believers"