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Adam Bell is a photographer and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. He received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2004, and his work has been exhibited and published internationally. He is the co-editor and co-author, with Charles H. Traub and Steve Heller, of The Education of a Photographer (Allworth Press, 2006). His writing and reviews have appeared in Foam Magazine, Lay Flat, Photoeye, Ahorn Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail. He is currently on staff and faculty at the School of Visual Arts' MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department. 

Recent film credits include, Half Nelson (dir. Ryan Fleck, ThinkFilm, 2006), Angel Rodriquez (dir. Jim McKay, HBO, 2006), Cold Souls (dir. Sophie Barthes, Samuel Goldwyn, 2009) and Boy Wonder (dir. Michael Morrisey, 2010).   (DOWNLOAD PDF)

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EDUCATION
2004 SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY, MFA (Honors)
1999 OBERLIN COLLEGE, Oberlin, OH, BA (Honors)

SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2008 SPRAWL (Organized by the Jersey City Museum), Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ
  14th Annual Juried Exhibition (Curated by Katherine Ware), Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA
2006 Art+Commerce 2005 Festival of Emerging Photographers: Laune Galerie, Tokyo, Japan; Galeria di Fendi, Milan, Italy; PhotoEspaña, Matadero Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Center for Photography, Fotofestival, XpoSeptember, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 Art+Commerce 2005 Festival of Emerging Photographers, New York, NY
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
Art+Commerce 2004 Festival of Emerging Photographers, New York, NY
The Look of Things: MFA Thesis Exhibition (Curated by Marvin Heiferman), School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Shared Influence: Photography from 1993-2003, (Curated by Janine Foeller) Germantown Academy Art Center Gallery,
Ft. Washington, PA
2003 The Holiday Shopping Show, Part 2 (Curated by Robin Kahn), Wallspace, New York, NY
2002 Adam Bell/Tiffany Christenson, ebauche et etude, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Adam Bell/Ruth Bernstein, Recent Photographs, Germantown Academy Art Center Gallery, Ft. Washington, PA

PUBLICATIONS
2011 Redwood Saw by Richard Rothman (Nazraeli Press, 2011) (review), Photoeye.
  Oculus by Ken Schles (Noorderlicht, 2011) (review), Photoeye.
  Redheaded Peckerwood by Christian Patterson (Mack, 2011) (review), The Brooklyn Rail, Dec/Jan.
  A by Greg Halpern (J&L, 2011) (review), Photoeye.
  Traces by Ian Teh (Deep Sleep Editions, 2011) (review), Photoeye.
  In the Face of Silence by Christophe Agou (Dewi Lewis, 2011) (review), Photoeye.
  Adendessone by Misha De Ridder (Schaden, 2011) (review), Photoeye.
  Cruising by Chad States (PowerHouse, 2011) (review), Photoeye.
  A New Map of Italy by Guido Guidi (Loosestrife Ed., 2011)(review), The Brooklyn Rail, (Oct.)
  Chinese Sentiment by Shen Wei (Charles Lane Press, 2011) (review), Photoeye.
  One To Nothing by Irina Rozovsky (Kehrer, 2011) (review), Photoeye.
  Brut by Paul Kranzler (Fotohof, 2011), Photoeye.
  House of Love by Danayita Singh (Radius, 2011) (review) Photoeye.
  The Mushroom Collector, or letters from Scraton. Ahorn Magazine. Issue 7.
2010 Notes from an eponymous city guide. FOAM Magazine. Issue 23, Summer
  Cotton, Charlotte and Alex Klein eds. Words Without Pictures. Aperture. 2nd Edition
  Photographs about Photographs. Lay Flat 02: Meta. eds. Shane Lavalette and Michael Bühler-Rose
2009 Cotton, Charlotte and Alex Klein eds. Words Without Pictures. LAMCA.
  Time Forks and Terrestrial Maps: Bertrand Fleuret’s Landmasses and Railways. Ahorn Magazine, Issue 2, 2009
2006 The Education of a Photographer. Allworth Press. Eds. Steve Heller, Charles H. Traub and Adam B. Bell
2005 PEEK (Art+Commerce Festival of Emerging Photographers Catalog)
2004 The Look of Things, MFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog, School of Visual Arts

CURATION
2011 Social Media. Presented by Pace Gallery, Pace/MacGill Gallery and the MFA Photo, Video and Related Media Department, Pace Gallery.

ARTIST LECTURES
2011 Imaging on the Verge, Teaching Photography in the 21st Century (Panel Discussion)
2006 Parsons, Undergraduate Photo Department
2004 Germantown Academy Art Center

TEACHING
2011-present Instructor, School of Visual Arts, MFA Photo, Video and Related Media
2007-present Adjunct Professor, Ramapo College, NJ
2010 Guest Critic, RISD, BFA Photo
2007 Guest Critic, School of Visual Arts, MFA Photo, Video and Related Media
Guest Critic, Parsons, MFA Communication + Design Technology Dept.

AWARDS
2008 New York Photography Festival Award (Fine Art Series - Nominee)
2004 Paula Rhodes Memorial Prize