Wyatt Gallery
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Wyatt Gallery is an American photographer.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Philadelphia, he now lives between New York City and Trinidad & Tobago.[3] Gallery graduated high school from the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia in 1993.[4][5] He has a BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he received the Daniel Rosenberg Fellowship in 1997.[4] He received a Fulbright Fellowship in Trinidad in 1999.[5]
Work
[edit]Gallery has produced a variety of photo series in various Caribbean nations. He frequently documents many places following natural disasters, such as New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Haiti following a 2010 earthquake. These works have contributed to relief funds for the local communities.[6]
Gallery, along with Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, and Michelle Woo, founded For Freedoms in 2016. It is an "artist-led platform... dedicated to impacting collective change through civic engagement, discourse, and direct action."[7] Gallery was the "Billboard Director" for a For Freedoms project in which they placed artist designed billboards around the United States ahead of the mid term elections in 2018.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Gallery married his long-time girlfriend and Miss Universe 2008 contestant, Anya Ayoung-Chee, in 2018.[9] Following the theft and release of their private sex tape in 2009, they ceased to appear in public together for some time, but continued dating. They have a son, Kaïri Pilar Gallery, who was born on July 3, 2018.[10]
Bibliography
[edit]- Gallery, Wyatt, Stanley Mirvis, and Jonathan D. Sarna. Jewish treasures of the Caribbean : the legacy of Judaism in the New World. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2016. ISBN 978-0764350955
- Gallery, Wyatt, Sean Corcoran, and Eddie Brannan. Sandy : seen through the iPhones of acclaimed photographers. Hillsborough, N.C: Daylight, 2014. ISBN 978-0988983175
- Gallery, Wyatt, and Edwidge Danticat. Tent life : Haiti. Brooklyn, N.Y. Minneapolis, Minn: Umbrage Editions Distributed by Consortium, 2010. ISBN 978-1884167478
References
[edit]- ^ "Book Compiles Photographers' IPhone Shots During Sandy"
- ^ Holly Bynoe (July 17, 2011). "Wyatt Gallery presents Tent Life: Haiti". arcthemagazine.com. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Bio2014". Wyatt Gallery ... A Person Not A Place. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "Wyatt Gallery to Share Haiti Experience". penncharter.com. February 17, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ a b "Hill's Gallery opens unique 'Jewish Treasures' exhibit". chestnuthilllocal.com. July 16, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "After Catastrophe, Photographs To Help Rebuild". Popular Photography. April 12, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ Cardwell, Erica (October 2, 2020). "For Freedoms's Campaigns to Bring Creativity into Politics Are More Relevant than Ever". Artsy. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ "'All art is political': behind America's most ambitious public art project ever". the Guardian. October 15, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ "Anya and Wyatt tie the knot". www.looptt.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ^ "It's a boy: meet Anya Ayoung-Chee's son, Kaïri". www.looptt.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
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