Brian Shumway

Location: New York City

Brian’s work blurs the line between portraiture, documentary and fine art photography- a distinctive output of journalistic responsibility and artistic perception.

Whether he is photographing children in poverty, or behind the scenes moments with celebrities, Brian captures his subjects with gravity and obvious warmth and curiosity.

Brian has worked for Newsweek, Time, XXL, TV Guide and the New York Times, among others. His work has appeared in American Photography 2008, Communication Arts, Shots Magazine and the Photo Review as well as exhibited at Soho Photo, the Griffin Museum, the Fraser Gallery and elsewhere throughout the USA.

The Magenta Foundation named Brian one of 25 Emerging Photographers in 2008 in the United States. His Project on La Chureca, the city dump in Managua, Nicaragua, was named a finalist for the Santa Fe Center’s 2008 Project Competition.

Brian Shumway is available for assignments in New York City.

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  • Johane in blue dress. New York, NY
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  • Rick. New York, NY
  • Irving Kahn, 103, worked as a brokerage clerk and stock analyst during the Great Depression and still goes to his office everyday. New York, NY
  • Sajjad, whose lower left leg was blown off in the Iraq War, and Elissa Montanti, founder and director of Global Medical Relief, at Mount Manresa, where Sajjad temporarily lives while getting a prosthetic for his leg. Staten Island, New York City.
  • A teacher grades students' papers who attend an afterschool educational program at the Kuman Center outside Chicago. Willowbrook, IL, USA (MR)
  • Dean, 13, hugs a spinning toy with a wooden playground behind him at Discovery Park near his home. Pleasant Grove, UT
  • Amelia in Snow. Provo, UT
  • Emmaline floats in the swimming pool. McAllen, TX
  • Kim and Jeff. Tyler. TX
  • Jason, 27, smokes after the last visit to his probation officer. He is a recovered meth addict, but used for nearly 10 years. He says he used to party with his mother, who introduced him to drugs and alcohol. He spent one and a half years in jail and is finishing probation. Globe, AZ, USA (MR)
  • The Toast Master Cafe shut down. Globe, AZ is a working class town of less than 10,000, with many people dependent on Phelps-Dodge, the local mining company, for employment. Globe, AZ, USA
  • Actors Ed Westwick, Chace Crawford, and Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl at a photoshoot at SplashLight Studios. New York City, NY.
  • Walter Schloss, 92, partially lived off his family's AT&T stock during the Great Depression, later worked as an investor, and still invests his own money to this day. New York, NY
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  • Gehadry, 4, plays at a park. He lives with his mother Reyna who fled an abusive relationship, ended up in a women's shelter at Catholic Charities and is now looking for a job. She must become economically independent without her husband. El Centro, CA
  • An elderly tourist woman walks past Romanesque statues outside the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino. The Strip has suffered due to the worsening economy, with casino staff cuts, shows cancelled, fewer tourists, and casino construction stopped or slowed. Las Vegas, NV
  • A lost woman looks for her group in front of Planet Hollywood. The Strip has suffered due to the worsening economy, with casino staff cuts, shows cancelled, fewer tourists, and casino construction stopped or slowed. Las Vegas, NV
  • Signs advertise housing for sale in Southern Highands, an area particularly hard hit by floreclosures and where many housing developments have been slowed or stopped. Las Vegas, NV