MICHAEL JOSEPH
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston
Tang Teaching Museum, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography, Saratoga Springs, NY
Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, Rochester, NH
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Private Collections
MONOGRAPHS
Lost and Found: A Portrait of American Wanderlust, Heidelberg, Germany: Kehrer, 2023. ISBN 978-3-96900-138-7.
EXHIBITIONS
2025
UPCOMING
Living Canvases: The Intersection of Tattoos and Art, Newport Museum of Art, Newport RI
2024
group
Alone Together - Critical Mass Top 50, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
online features
2023
group
Portrait, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Belonging, Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Art of Pride, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Identity 2023, Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2022
solo
Lost and Found - FP3 Gallery, Boston, MA
Lost and Found - Rochester Museum of Fine Arts, Rochester, NH
group
Where Words Falter: Art and Empathy, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2022, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Masks, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Public Record: Portraits of Affection and Intimacy, Los Angeles Center for Photography
Photography Day - Queer Edition, Preus Museum of Photography, Horten, Norway
Free to Be, Culture Lab LIC, New York, NY
Aspect Initiative - Danforth Museum of Fine Art, Framingham, MA
Krappy Kamera Competition 2022, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
online
https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/features-interviews/top-25-lgbtqia-film-photographers-2021
Michael Joseph and sexual freedom in the Provincetown air
https://toh-magazine.com/2022/03/michael-joseph/
2021
solo
Lost and Found - Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
group
The History of Photography - selections from the museum’s collection, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
We like small things v.4, Filter Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
Open Walls Arles, Galerie Huit Arles, Arles, France
Open Call 2021, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
EXPOSURE 2021, Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, MA
Up Close and Personal - Trolley Barn Gallery - Poughkeepsie, NY
A New Leaf - Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, Rhode Island
Represent: New Portraiture National Juried Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, NY
online
On the Road - A Photographer's 10 Year Journey Within an American Subculture - FeatureShoot
https://www.featureshoot.com/2021/08/on-the-road-a-photographers-10-year-journey-within-an-american-subculture/
In Conversation with Michael Joseph - Photographic Bandwidth
https://photographicbandwidth.com/interviews-2021/in-conversation-with-michael-joseph
Wild West of the East - All About Photo
https://www.all-about-photo.com/photo-articles/photo-article/909/wild-west-of-the-east-by-michael-joseph
2020
group
The FENCE 2020, Photoville, New England Regional Showcase, Winchester, MA
We Like Small Things v.3, Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, IL
APG > ATL, Airport 2020, Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, GA
The Fridge Curator - Summer show 2020
6th Annual Alleghany National Photography Exhibition, Cumberland, MD
Portfolio 2020, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
Krappy Kamera Competition 2020, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY - First Prize Winner
The Fridge Curator - Winter Show 2020
The Human Body, Honorable Mention, Life Framer
online features
"Quietly Beautiful Polaroids of Massachusetts’ Queer Community" Another Man Magazine
https://www.anothermanmag.com/life-culture/11119/massachusetts-queer-community-michael-joseph-the-wild-west-of-the-east2019
2019
solo
Lost and Found, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
group
"Double Take" Griffin Museum of Photography at the Greater Boston Stage Company, Stoneham, MA
Alan Avery Selects - Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA
THE FENCE 2019 - New England_, public art display presented by Photoville, Boston, MA
2018
online features
"An Uniquely American Culture" PDN online, February
https://potd.pdnonline.com/2019/02/55417/2018
group
Looking At You: The Intimate Portrait, Lamar Dodd School of Art Gallery, Athens, GA
Photo-Buckhead - Buckhead Library, Atlanta, GA
I Surrender, Dear - Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York City, NY
Diversity - Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
Portrait: Image and Identity - Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
Portraits 2018 - Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Celebrating Women - PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
New Photography, Inaugural National Exhibition - Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
publications
Faces - All About Photo Magazine - Vol 2, July 2018
Precious Cargo - Inked Magazine, March 2018
http://www.inkedmag.com/g/inked-exclusive-michael-joseph-precious-cargo/
online
https://www.photo-emphasis.com/looking
2017
two-person
Michael Joseph/Rachael Dunville - Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
group
LensCulture Winter Print Show - KlompChing Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-announcing-the-20-photographers-in-our-winter-print-show
The Fridge Curator - Fall Show - Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
Aperture Summer Open: On Freedom - Aperture Foundation Gallery, New York, NY
Gregory Harris Selects - Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA
CALM Photography Movement - Getty Images Gallery, London, UK
Intimate Portraits - PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT - Juror, Joyce Tenneson
Black and White - Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO - Juror - Ann Jastrab
6th Annual Juried Competition, Sohn Fine Art Gallery, Lenox, MA
Portraiture: Mirror Mirror, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR - Juror - Amy Arbus
Critical Mass Top 50 Show: Markers of Time, Artwork Network Gallery, Denver, CO
3rd Open Call Photography Exhibit, Providence Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI - Juror, Paula Tognarelli
2016
small group
"IDENTITY- the List Portraits" - Slideshow Night, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
EXPOSURE 2016: The 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, the Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Portfolio ShowCase Volume 9, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO - Juror, Maggie Blanchard
group
CONNECT: 42 International Photographers - Lens Culture
https://www.lensculture.com/2016-lensculture-connect-juried-show
With Our Own Eyes, Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, CA - Juror, Ann Jastrab
THE FENCE 2016 - New England, public art display presented by Photoville, Boston, MA
http://fence.photoville.com/2016/fence-2016/
ONWARD Compe '16 - Project Basho Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Juror, Richard Renaldi
Portrait: Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR - Juror, Amy Arbus
online
Griffin Museum of Photography 22 Juried Show Exhibit - Instagram
These the the Faces of America's Train Riders - Fotografia Magazine, March issue
http://fotografiamagazine.com/lost-and-found-train-riders-michael-joseph
"Lost and Found" 2016 Call for Entries Honorable Mention, Social Documentary Network,
http://socialdocumentary.net/exhibit/Michael_Joseph/3255
2015
online
CNN Photo Blog: "Always Moving: A transient way of life" July, 2015 http://cnn.it/1NtqzV9
LensCulture Portrait Awards 2015 - finalist
https://www.lensculture.com/2015-lensculture-portrait-award-winners
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/michael-joseph-lost-and-found-2
Auction of Emerging Photographers, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
group
Light Factory Seventh Juried Annuale - Light Factory Gallery, Charlotte, NC - Juror, Dennis Kiel
Think Small, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA - Juror, Jason Landry
The National - Best Contemporary Photography 2015, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Forty Wayne, IN
New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham MA - Juror, Susan Nalband
All Visual Boston - Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Windows, Mirrors and Doors - PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT - Juror, Seth Curcio
On The Street Where You Live - PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT - Juror, James Blair
ONWARD Compe '15 - Project Basho Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Juror, Elinor Carucci
2014
group
Un Aire De Boston, Le Salon - The des Escrivains, Paris, France - invited artist
19th Juried Exhibition (online), Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA - Juror, Kathy Ryan
Aperture Summer Open 2014, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY - Juror, Chris Boot
Photowork 2014, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY - Juror, Karen Davis
The National – Best Contemporary Photography 2014, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Portraits 2014, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO - Juror, Amy Arbus
About Face, Gallery Seven, Maynard, MA - Juror, Paula Tognarelli
21st Century Monochrome, Barrington Center for the Arts, Wenham, MA invited artist, Curator, Bill Franson
2013
group
What I Did On My Summer Vacation, Panopticon Gallery, Boston MA
New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham MA - Juror and curator, Francine Weiss
AWARDS
Director's Award, PhotoPlace Gallery 2021
Photolucida Critical Mass - Finalist, 2020
First Prize - "Photo Buckhead", Atlanta, Georgia, 2018
Best in Show - "Looking At You: The Intimate Portrait" - Juror - Jess T. Dugan, 2018
Second Prize - "New Photography" - The Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD, 2018
Honorable Mention - Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, 2018
Feature Shoot - Emerging Photographer Award Winner, 2017
AllAboutPhoto Awards - Merit Award Winner, 2016
Photolucida Critical Mass - Top 50, 2016
Juror's Award, ONWARD Compe 2016 - Juror - Richard Renaldi
Honorable Mention, Social Documentary Network Call for Entries, 2016
Photolucida Critical Mass - Finalist, 2015
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Twenty Summers - Fellowship, 2024
Peter S. Reed Foundation - Grant Recipient, 2018
Artist Fellowship in Photography- Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2015
PUBLICATIONS
Travelers - Lost and Found, 1814 MAGAZINE, Issue #14
Wild West of the East, All About Photo Magazine, Issue #17 Portrait, 2021
In The Wild - SHOTS Magazine, Issue No. 148, Summer 2020
Surrender - SHOTS Magazine, Issue No. 147, Spring 2020
Faces - All About Photo Magazine - Vol 2, July 2018"Precious Cargo" Inked Magazine, March 2018
http://www.inkedmag.com/g/inked-exclusive-michael-joseph-precious-cargo/
"Raw portraits of the transient kids who ride America's trains," Vice Magazine, Spring 2017
https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/raw-portraits-of-the-transient-kids-who-travel-americas-trains
"On the Go: Faces of an American Youth Subculture", Feature Shoot, Spring 2017
http://www.featureshoot.com/2017/05/go-faces-american-youth-subculture/
Portraits - SHOTS Magazine, Issue No. 135, Spring 2017
On the Road CiliChili Magazine, Nov-Dec, 2016, Prague, Czech Republic
Michael Joseph: Lost and Found - AllAboutPhoto.com, September, 2016
http://www.all-about-photo.com/article.php?title=michael-joseph-lost-and-found&id=213
Lost and Found November/December 2015 Issue, BOAAT Press Journal
http://www.boaatpress.com/lost-and-found
Always Moving: A transient way of life, CNN Photo Blog July, 2015 http://cnn.it/1NtqzV9
"Ameryka w drodze." Duzy Format, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw, Poland, August 2015
http://wyborcza.pl/duzyformat/1,147365,18539363,ameryka-w-drodze-fotogaleria.html
"Rule Breakers: Michael Joseph," - Don't Take Pictures online blog
http://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2015/5/18/rule-breakers-michael-joseph
“Close Strangers,” Loupe Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 1 http://www.bu.edu/prc/newsletters/loupe/loupe_v4n1.pdf
GUEST SPEAKING
Photographic Resource Center, Guest Speaker Series, 2022 Brookline, MA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Guests and Gusto: Document the Unseen with Photographer Michael Joseph, 2020
The Light Factory, "Lost and Found: The Making of a Street Portrait Project" - May, 2016, Charlotte, NC, March, 2018, Waltham, MA
International Center of Photography, "Street Portraiture" for Amy Arbus - November, 2014, New York, NY
New England School of Photography, “Photographing Strangers” Spring 2013 and 2014, Boston, MA
LECTURES/TEACHING
Spring 2014: Teaching Assistant, New England School of Photography
PRESS
"Joseph Up Close" - meet the artist, Blog: What Will You Remember by Elin Spring, December, 2013
http://elinspringphotography.com/blog/joseph-up-close/
"Looking at photos that make you look," Metro West Daily News Spetember, 2013
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/x1155167838/Looking-at-photos-that-make-you-look?rssfeed=true
EDUCATION
BA, Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1999