# Gus Powell

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{{short description|American street photographer}}
'''Gus Powell''' (1974) is an American [street photographer](/source/Street_photography).<ref name="biondi-newyorker">{{cite news | url = https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/on-and-off-the-walls-gus-powells-honest-pictures | date = 12 May 2010 | accessdate = 23 May 2017 | first = Elisabeth | last = Biondi  | newspaper = [The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker) | title = On and Off the Walls: Gus Powell's Honest Pictures}}</ref> He was a member of the [In-Public](/source/In-Public) street photography collective.<ref name="ten">{{cite book | first = Nick | last = Turpin | title= 10 – 10 Years of In-Public | year= 2010 | publisher= Nick Turpin Publishing | location= London | isbn = 978-0-9563322-1-9}}</ref>

Powell has published two of his own photography books: ''The Company of Strangers'' (2003) and ''The Lonely Ones'' (2015), the latter with work spanning a decade.<ref name="horan-nytimes">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/17/t-magazine/art/gus-powell-photography-book-lonely-ones.html?_r=0 | date = 17 December 2015 | accessdate = 23 May 2017 | first = Betsy | last = Horan | newspaper = [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | title = An Inventively Designed Photo Book (That You Can Read)}}</ref> He has had a solo exhibition at Museum of the City of New York and his work is held in the permanent collections of the [Art Institute of Chicago](/source/Art_Institute_of_Chicago), [Museum of Fine Arts Houston](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Houston), and [Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam](/source/Foam_Fotografiemuseum_Amsterdam). In 2003 [Photo District News](/source/Photo_District_News) considered Powell one of their 30 emerging photographers to watch,<ref name="pdn30">{{cite web | url = http://www.pdnonline.com/features/photographer-interviews/pdns-30-2003/ | date = 1 January 2003 | accessdate = 23 May 2017 | publisher = [Photo District News](/source/Photo_District_News) | title = PDN's 30 2003}}</ref> and in 2013 he won an award in the [National Magazine Awards](/source/National_Magazine_Awards).<ref name="kellogg-chicago-tribune" />

==Life and work==
Powell was born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City)<ref name="biondi-newyorker" /> in 1974. He became a member of the [In-Public](/source/In-Public) street photography collective in 2003.<ref name="ten" />

His photographs are regularly published in ''The New Yorker.''<ref name="biondi-newyorker" /><ref name="schuman-time">{{cite news | url = https://time.com/4171565/see-how-gus-powell-experimented-with-words-and-images/ | date = 13 January 2016 | access-date = 23 May 2017 | first = Aaron | last = Schuman | magazine = [Time](/source/Time_(magazine)) | title = See How Gus Powell Mixed Words and Images for Wits}}</ref>

==Publications==
===Publications by Powell===
*''The Company of Strangers.'' Atlanta and New York: [J&L](/source/J%26L_Books), 2003.
*''The Lonely Ones.'' Atlanta and New York: J&L, 2015.
*''Family Car Trouble.'' TBW, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-942953-39-5}}. Edition of 940 copies.

===Publications with contributions by Powell===
*''[Bystander: A History of Street Photography](/source/Bystander%3A_A_History_of_Street_Photography).'' Second edition. Boston: [Bulfinch](/source/Little%2C_Brown_and_Company), 2001. By [Joel Meyerowitz](/source/Joel_Meyerowitz) and [Colin Westerbeck](/source/Colin_Westerbeck). {{ISBN|0-8212-2726-2}}. Paperback.
**Revised and expanded edition. London: [Laurence King](/source/Laurence_King_Publishing), 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-78627-066-5}}. Hardback.
*''Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs.'' Scalo, 2002. {{ISBN|978-3908247661}}. Includes seven photographs by Powell.
*''A Field Guide To The North American Family.'' New York City: Mark Batty, 2007. By [Garth Risk Hallberg](/source/Garth_Risk_Hallberg). {{ISBN|978-0977985098}}.
*''10 – 10 Years of In-Public''. London: [Nick Turpin](/source/Nick_Turpin), 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-9563322-1-9}}. Includes an essay by [Jonathan Glancey](/source/Jonathan_Glancey), "Outlandish Harmony"; a foreword by Nick Turpin; and a chapter each by Powell and others.
*''Street Photography Now.'' London: [Thames & Hudson](/source/Thames_%26_Hudson), 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-500-54393-1}} (hardback). London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-500-28907-5}} (paperback). Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren.
*''The Street Photographer's Manual.'' London: [Thames & Hudson](/source/Thames_%26_Hudson), 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-500-29130-6}}. By [David Gibson](/source/David_Gibson_(photographer)).
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==Awards==
*2003: One of [Photo District News](/source/Photo_District_News)'s "PDN 30 2003," one of 30 emerging photographers to watch<ref name="pdn30" />
*2013: Feature Photography category, [National Magazine Awards](/source/National_Magazine_Awards), New York. One of a few winners, for photography in ''[New York](/source/New_York_(magazine))'' magazine<ref name="kellogg-chicago-tribune">{{cite news | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-et-jc-national-magazine-award-finalists-include-los-angeles-byliner-20130401-story.html | date = 1 April 2013 | accessdate = 23 May 2017 | first = Carolyn | last = Kellogg | newspaper = [Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune) | title = National Magazine Award finalists include Los Angeles, Byliner)}}</ref>

==Solo exhibitions==
<!-- *''Town & Country,'' Norfolk, CT Public Library ([The Norfolk Library (Connecticut)](/source/The_Norfolk_Library_(Connecticut))?), September 2003. -->
<!-- *''The Company of Strangers,'' French Trotters, Paris, France, December 2005. -->
*''Manhattan Noon,'' [Museum of the City of New York](/source/Museum_of_the_City_of_New_York), New York, December 2007 – April 2008.<ref>"[http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=22720&int_modo=1 Manhattan Noon: Photographs by Gus Powell]". [ArtDaily](/source/ArtDaily). Accessed 23 May 2017</ref>
*''The Lonely Ones,'' Galerie Ghezelbash & Motte Masselink, Paris, France, November, 2015;<ref>"[http://www.mottemasselink.com/exhibitions-/past/1 Exhibitions > Past]". Galerie Nathalie Motte Masselink. Accessed 23 May 2017</ref> Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, January, 2016;<ref name="horan-nytimes" /><ref>"[http://sashawolf.com/exhibition/the-lonely-ones/ Gus Powell: The Lonely Ones]". Sasha Wolf. Accessed 23 May 2017</ref> Micamera, Milan, Italy, April, 2016.<ref>"[http://www.micamera.it/event/gus-powell-the-lonely-ones/?lang=en Gus Powell: The Lonely Ones]". Micamera. Accessed 23 May 2017</ref>
*''Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Project,'' Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, South Carolina, March 2018 - May 2018. <ref>{{cite web |title=gus powell: bloomberg philanthropies public art project |url=https://www.spartanburgartmuseum.org/guspowellexhibit |website=Spartanburg Art Museum |accessdate=16 April 2019}}</ref>

==Collections==
Powell's work is held in the following permanent collections:
*[Art Institute of Chicago](/source/Art_Institute_of_Chicago): 1 print<ref>"[https://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Powell%2C+Gus Powell, Gus]". [Art Institute of Chicago](/source/Art_Institute_of_Chicago). Accessed 23 May 2017</ref>
*[Museum of Fine Arts Houston](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Houston): 1 print<ref>"[https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/78567 Gus Powell: Times Square, NYC, 11AM, Sept. 11th, 2001]". [Museum of Fine Arts Houston](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts_Houston). Accessed 23 May 2017</ref>
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*[Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam](/source/Foam_Fotografiemuseum_Amsterdam)<ref>"[http://www.foam.org/talent/spotlight/from-the-collection-gus-powell From the collection: Gus Powell]". [Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam](/source/Foam_Fotografiemuseum_Amsterdam), Accessed 23 May 2017</ref>

==Film==
*''In-Sight'' (2011). 38 minute documentary directed and edited by Nick Turpin, commissioned by Format for the Format International Photography Festival, Derby, 2011. Includes interviews with Powell and others, and shows him at work.<ref group="n">The film is available to watch [https://nickturpin.com/in-sight-film/ here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217202732/https://nickturpin.com/in-sight-film/ |date=2018-02-17 }} within Turpin's site.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|www.guspowell.com}}
*[http://in-public.com/photographers/gus-powell/ Powell's profile at In-Public]

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