David H. Wells is a photographer and film-maker affiliated with Aurora Photos.

Life and work

Wells received a B.A in Liberal Arts from

Pitzer College Pitzer College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. One of the Claremont Colleges, the college has a curricular emphasis on the social sciences, behavioral sciences, international programs, and media studies. Pitzer is k ...

of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA. He has taught classes at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Rhode Island, and workshops at the

Maine Media Workshops The Maine Media Workshops (formerly the Maine Photographic Workshops) in Rockport, Maine is an international non-profit educational organization offering year-round workshops for photographers, filmmakers, and media artists. Students from acros ...

. He is on the faculty of the

International Center for Photography The International Center of Photography (ICP), at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, consists of a museum for photography and visual culture and a school offering an array of educational courses and programming. ...

in New York City. He was featured in

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as a "Best Workshop Instructor." He served as a judge for the Alexia Foundation in 1996. Wells works across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He is affiliated with Aurora Photos of Portland, ME, since 2003. He has worked as a workshop instructor at

, Unique Photo, CreativeLive, Centro de la Imagen, in Mexico City Pathshala school of photography in Dacca, Bangladesh, and Objectifs, Singapore Center for Film and Photography.

Publications with contributions by Wells

* ''Live Like the Banyan Tree: Images of the Indian American Experience.'' Catalogue for the Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA, 1999. .

Awards

* “New Faces” Award, American Photographer, 1988. * Nikon/National Press Photographers' Association Documentary Sabbatical Grant, 1988. * Visual Arts Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Arts Council, 1989. * Fulbright Lecturing Fellowship at University of Mysore, Mysore, India, 1999. * Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship, 2001 * Fulbright Regional Studies Research Fellowship, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka 2005. * Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Water Competition, Honorable Mention, 2008. * Hearst 8x10 Photography Biennial, New York City, Honorable Mention, 2009. * Forward Thinking Museum Photography Contest, New York City, Runner Up, 2012. * American Society of Media Photographers Best of 2014.

Selected solo exhibitions

* ''Concurrence: An Evolving India,'' Frontier Gallery, Brunswick, ME, 08/09-9/09. * ''Concurrence: An Evolving India,'' Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI, 11/09 – 12/09. * ''Foreclosed Dreams,''

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, Alexandria, VA, 08/10 – 09/10. * ''Underwater: Interpreting the Foreclosure Crisis,'' Artspace, Raleigh, NC, 09/12 – 10/12. * ''Foreclosed Dreams,'' Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, R.I, 04/13 – 05/13. * ''Foreclosed Dreams,'' Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA. 11/13 – 12/13. * ''Half, Past,'' Watson Institute at Brown University, Providence, RI, 8/14 – 9/14. * ''Foreclosed Dreams,'' Monmouth University, Monmouth, N.J. 9/14 – 10/14.

Selected group exhibitions

* ''No Place Like Home,'' Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers, Newark, N.J. 1/13–4/13. * ''Stories in the Social Landscape,'' International Center of Photography, New York, N.Y. 12/13-–3/14.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wells, David H. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Pitzer College alumni University of Rhode Island faculty People from Darby, Pennsylvania University at Buffalo alumni American photojournalists Photographers from Rhode Island Photographers from Pennsylvania