Gus Powell
My favorite part of the process is pushing the button. Using my pointer finger to say ‘Look at that!’ and to validate it, whatever it is, with a resounding ‘YES’.
-Gus Powell
Gus Powell was born in New York City in 1974 and attended Oberlin College where he majored in comparative religion. In 2003 he was selected to be in PDNs 30 under 30 issue and also published his first monograph, The Company of Strangers (J&L Books). His work has been exhibited internationally, including a solo show at The Museum of The City of New York and group exhibitions at The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Fine Arts Houston and FOAM, NL.
His photographs have been published in Aperture, Harpers, Vogue, M le mag – Le Monde, Wired, Fortune, W, and he has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker. He is a member of the street photographers’ collective UP and is faculty in the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts, NY.
His work is included in the books Bystander: A World History of Street Photography and Street Photography Now. Powell’s second monograph, titled The Lonely Ones (J&L Books, 2015) was celebrated as one of the best photography books of the year, and was reprinted in Italy as a trilingual edition in 2017 by Lazy Dog / Mutty. His third monograph, Family Car Trouble (TBW Books, 2019), plays with the form of the novel, both as material object and as narrative vehicle for expressing interior life. The work records and reckons with the arrival of children, the departure of a father, and the maintenance of a difficult 1993 Volvo 940 Turbo station wagon. It was celebrated as one of the best photo books of the year and is considered a new classic of the Automotive Bereavement Parenting genre.
The second softcover edition of Family Car Trouble was published by TBW Books in 2021.
Powell resides in Brooklyn NY and is currently at work on a series titled Mise en Scene.
His books here
His website here
Exhibitions in collaboration with Micamera
FAMILY CAR TROUBLE
August 20 – 25, 2022
Meeting Rimini – curated by Luca Fiore
FAMILY CAR TROUBLE
October 8 – November 7, 2021
Micamera
The Lonely Ones
March 31 – April 30, 2016
Micamera
The Lonely Ones
December 9, 2016 – February 5, 2017
Mutty – curated by Giulia Zorzi
Workshop
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
October 9-10, 2021
Micamera
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
April 2-3, 2016
Micamera
Some artworks. Please contact us for further information.
C-print + separate text printed in movable type
50 x 60 cm, edition of 6
published in The Lonely Ones (J&L Books, 2015 / lazy dog + MuttY, 2017)
C-print + separate text printed in movable type
50 x 60 cm, edition of 6
published in The Lonely Ones (J&L Books, 2015 / lazy dog + MuttY, 2017)
C-print + separate text printed in movable type
80 x 100 cm, edition of 4
published in The Lonely Ones (J&L Books, 2015 / lazy dog + MuttY, 2017)
C-print + separate text printed in movable type
28 x 33 cm, edition of 2
published in The Lonely Ones (J&L Books, 2015 / lazy dog + MuttY, 2017)
C-print + separate text printed in movable type
50 x 60 cm, edition of 6
published in The Lonely Ones (J&L Books, 2015 / lazy dog + MuttY, 2017)
C-print + separate text printed in movable type
50 x 60 cm, edition of 6
published in The Lonely Ones (J&L Books, 2015 / lazy dog + MuttY, 2017)
Inkjet print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag 310
20 x 30 cm, edition of 6
30 x 43 cm, edition of 6
43 x 61 cm, edition of 6
61 x 91 cm, edition of 6
published in Family Car Trouble
(TBW Books, 2018 and 2021)
Inkjet print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag 310
20 x 30 cm, edition of 6
30 x 43 cm, edition of 6
43 x 61 cm, edition of 6
61 x 91 cm, edition of 6
published in Family Car Trouble
(TBW Books, 2018 and 2021)
Inkjet print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag 310
20 x 30 cm, edition of 6
30 x 43 cm, edition of 6
43 x 61 cm, edition of 6
61 x 91 cm, edition of 6
published in Family Car Trouble
(TBW Books, 2018 and 2021)
Inkjet print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag 310
20 x 30 cm, edition of 6
30 x 43 cm, edition of 6
43 x 61 cm, edition of 6
61 x 91 cm, edition of 6
published in Family Car Trouble
(TBW Books, 2018 and 2021)
Inkjet print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag 310
20 x 30 cm, edition of 6
30 x 43 cm, edition of 6
43 x 61 cm, edition of 6
61 x 91 cm, edition of 6
published in Family Car Trouble
(TBW Books, 2018 and 2021)
Inkjet print on Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag 310
20 x 30 cm, edition of 6
30 x 43 cm, edition of 6
43 x 61 cm, edition of 6
61 x 91 cm, edition of 6
published in Family Car Trouble
(TBW Books, 2018 and 2021)
