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

Unbound 13! - Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

Gorgeousness - Benrubi Gallery, New York City - curated by Richard Renaldi

Alone Together - Critical Mass Top 50, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO

online exhibitioins

Words and Pictures - Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO - Juror Aline Smithson

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