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BIO

Joshua Tann is a California-based fine art photographer.  He believes that photography is the best medium for his artistic work because it gives him the most creative freedom. Most of his photographic images are influenced by his love of travel, art and architecture, something that was nurtured throughout his youth and adulthood. His childhood goal to be an architect was derailed by life circumstances, but his love and interest in architecture continued throughout his life. In 2011 photography became his medium to express this passion, despite his profession as a psychotherapist. 

He received a certificate in Professional Photography from the New York Institute of Photography. He also received a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University (Malibu, California) as his formal education. 

His creative process started every time he is drawn to a certain scene, event or object. Almost every image he took involved a building or a structure as the main object or background. This is consistent to his interest in architecture and how humanity interact with their environment, particularly the surrounding structures and buildings. Aesthetics will always be a factor during the first few seconds of selecting an image, followed by other factors, such as the relationships between shadow and light, perspective and structures or angles and environment. A final photograph would eventually emerge from this process as the expression of his creative interpretation of that image with the hope of inspiring the viewing public. 

His architectural influence ranges from the Renaissance and Gothic periods of the Italian duomos and palazzos to the modern design lines of Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry, and Michael Graves. 

Although architecture is the basis of his photographic work, he is starting to develop interests in other subject matters in photography based on its visual perspective. This includes street photography, where humanity can become the main subject in the context of its environment.

He had exhibited nationally including Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Black Box Gallery in Portland, OR, ASmith Gallery in Johnson City, TX, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis, MN, SXSE Gallery in Molena, GA, Atlanta Photography Group, Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, and Boston, MA. Internationally he had exhibited in London, Budapest, Tokyo, Barcelona and Paris. He was also selected by several international photography competitions for their awards.

ACADEMIC STUDIES

  • BS - Information & Computer Science, University of California, Irvine

  • MA - Clinical Psychology, Pepperdine University 

ART STUDIES

  • New York Institute of Photography

MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATION

  • Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA)

  • Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP)

  • The Center for Fine Art Photography (C4FAP) - Fort Collins, CO

  • Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA

  • Atlanta Photography Group (APG), Atlanta, GA

  • California Art League, CA

  • Center for Photographic Art (CPA), Carmel, CA

JURIED GROUP EXHIBITS

2025

  • Annual Member Showcase, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Jan 18 - Feb 8)

  • Black & White Captures the World, Juror: Eric Renard, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles (Jan 8 - Jan 24)

  • LA Open 2025, Juror: Genie Davis, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles (Jan 8 - Jan 24) Photography Honorable Mention winner

2024

  • Aurora, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825. online exhibit (Nov 16 - Dec 31)

  • Portrait 2024, Juror: Erin Dunn, Atlanta Photography Group, Maloof Gallery (Nov 12 - Dec 7)

  • Visions Unfold, Juror: Richard S. Chow, SubTerra Gallery at the Los Angeles Makery (Aug 31 - Sep 29)

  • Portraits, Juror: Donna Garcia, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX (Aug 16 - Sep 26)

  • Illuminated, California Art League, Juror: Gene Sasse, Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA (Jul 14 - Aug 31)

  • A Sense of Place, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Jun 7 - 28) Online gallery

  • Thresholds 2024: Photography and Urban Architecture, Juror: Crista Dix, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Helms Design Center, Culver City, CA (May 4 - 31) Honorable Mention

  • Feminine/Masculine, Juror: Zsolt Batori & Borbala Jasz, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (Apr 6 - 30)

  • Vision and Expression: the art of photography, Juror Zsolt Batori & Borbala Jasz, PH21 Gallery/Valid World Hall. Barcelona, Spain (Apr 3 - 10)

  • Colors of the Commonplace, Juror: Debra Klomp-Ching, New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) Honorable Mention

  • Reputed, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 (Feb 17 - Mar 15)

  • Annual Member Exhibit, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Feb 17 - Mar 9)

2023

  • Winter Soltice, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA (Dec 13 - Jan 7)

  • Aurora, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 online (Nov 18 - Dec 31)

  • Light and Shadow, Juror: Zsolt Batory & Borbala Jazs, PH21 Gallery/Valid World Hall, Barcelona, Spain (Dec 11 - 17)

  • Storytelling 2023: Documentary and Street Photography, Juror: Alyssa Coppelman, Atlanta Photography Group (Sep 19 - Oct 22)

  • Personal Territory: Annual Members Exhibition, Juror: Andi Campognone (Director - MOAH), Los Angeles Center of Photography, Sep 14.

  • Full Bodied, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 online (Jun 24 - Jul 14)

  • All Media 2023, Juror: Gabriela Urtiaga (Chief of Curator - MoLAA), Irvine Fine Arts Center (Jul 8 - Sep 30)

  • Patterns and Shadows, Juror: Traer Scott, New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) Juror Selection

  • The Shadow Aspect, Juror: Sarah Weiss, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (May 20 - Jun 3)

  • Color, Juror: Fran Forman, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC (May 5 - 26)

  • Urban, Juror: Zsolt Batori & Borbala Jasz, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (May 4 - 27)

  • Non-sequitur, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery825 online (Apr 1 - 28)

  • Scene and Meaning: the art of photography, Juror: Zsolt Batori & Borbala Jasz, PH21 Gallery/Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (Mar 20 - 27)

  • Annual Member Showcase, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Mar 18 - Apr 1)

  • Framed: Shadow and Light, Juror: Todd Johnson, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (Mar 1 - 20)

  • Choice 2023. Juror: Crista Dix, Atlanta Photography Group (Feb 6 - Mar 5)

  • The Narrative Power of Black & White, Juror: Elizabeth Flinsch, Maloof Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Jan 23 - Feb 28)

  • Open Call, Juror: Crista Dix, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC (Jan 6 -28)

2022

  • Habitual, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 online (Dec 17 - 31)

  • Open Show, Juror: Rebecca Lowery - MoCA Curator, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 (Dec 10 - Jan 13)

  • Hurly burly, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 online, (Nov 12 - 25)

  • Poetry of the Ordinary, Juror: Henry Horenstein, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Nov 30 - Dec 22)

  • Nocturnes: Dusk till Dawn, Juror: Wendi Schneider, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Oct 15 - 29)

  • Undisclosed Location, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 online (Sep 17 - Oct 9)

  • Festoon, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 online (Aug 27 - Sep 16)

  • Grayscale, Juror: Todd Johnson, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (Aug 1 - 20)

  • Vantage Point, Griffin Museum of Photography, Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA (Jun 21 - Sep 12)

  • Monochrome, Juror: Zsolt Batori & Borbala Jasz, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (May 5 - 28)

  • The Art of Photography, Juror: Zsolt Batori, PH21 Gallery/Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (May 5 - 15)

  • Adorn, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 online (Apr 16 - May 6)

  • Choice 2022, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Atlanta Photography Group (Feb 7 - Mar 12)

  • Light, Juror: Aline Smithson, ASmith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, (Feb 4- Mar 17)

  • Artist Member Showcase, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Feb 19 - Mar 5)

  • Penumbra, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 online (Jan 8 - 24)

2021

  • Aurora, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 (Dec 4 - 20)

  • Open Theme Exhibit, Juror: Carl Corey - Guggenheim Fellow, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Nov 13 - 27)

  • California Open 2021 Exhibit (5 images), Juror Gronk Nicandro, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Aug 4 -21) Third Prize winner

  • 27th Juried Exhibition, Juror: Arnika Dawkins, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA (Jul 15 - Aug 29)

  • The Print Swap, Group Exhibit, Foley Gallery, New York City (Jun 21)

  • Architecture (online) Juror: Linda Noble, New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) Honorable Mention

  • Monochrome, Juror: Zsolt Batori, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (Jun 3 - 26)

  • Black & White, Juror: Eric Kunsman, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX (Apr 16 - May 30)

  • Taking Picture 2021, Juror: Todd Johnson, Black Box Gallery, Portland , OR (Apr 1 - 20)

  • Open Up Your Archive, Juror: Elizabeth Avedon, South X Southeast Gallery, Molena, GA (Mar 15 - May 15)

2020

  • Fifth Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Juror: Marisa Caichiolo, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA (Nov 10 - Jan 10)

  • 26th Online Annual Juried Show, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA (Jul 18 - Aug 30)

  • Color: The Visual Spectrum, Juror: Todd Johnson, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (Jun 1 - 20)

  • Silence, Juror: Zsol Batori, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (May 7 - 20)

  • Open Theme, Juror: Ann Jastrab, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Apr 24 - May 6)

2019

  • Members Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles (Apr 11-May 4)

  • Shadow and Light, Juror: Todd Johnson, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (Apr 1-20)

  • London Photo Show, 5th Base Gallery, London, UK (Mar 16-17)

  • Full Bodied, Juror: Erica Wall, Gallery 825, Los Angeles (Mar 2-29)

2018

  • Open Source & L.A Flyby III, LACDA - Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles

  • Shadow and Light 2018, Juror: Todd Johnson, Black Box Gallery, Portland. OR

  • Tokyo International Foto Awards 2017, ICA Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (on projection)

  • London Photo Show, 5th Base Gallery, London, UK

2017

  • London Photo Show (curated and shortlisted-Nov), 5th Base Gallery, London, UK

  • Electron Salon (March), LACDA - Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles

  • Black and White: 2017, Online Annex Exhibit, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

  • 1st Photographic Competition and Exhibition, Jurors: George Simian, Richard Vogel, Brian C. Moss, Karen Hampton, Jeff Alu, LA Artcore, Los Angeles

  • Electron Salon (Jan), LACDA - Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles

2016

  • Snap to Grid, LACDA -Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles

  • Lines and Curves, Juror: Zsolt Batori, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2015    

  • Snap to Grid, LACDA - Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Los Angeles

  • Memories, Stories, Histories, Juror: Amy Galpin, The Center for Fine Arts Photography, Fort Collins, CO

  • All Media 2015, Juror: Max Presneill, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine

  • International Art Fair, PAKS Gallery, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, Franc

  • Shadow and Light 2015, Juror: Todd Johnson, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

  • I’ll be your mirror: the portrait, Juried photography exhibition, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles

  • Black and white: the living tradition, Juror: Zsolt Batori, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

  • Abstracts, Online Annex Exhibit, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles

  • Colour burst, Juror: Zsolt Batori, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2014

  • Solo Exhibition: Venezia, Utopia, Long Beach

  • All Media 2014 Juried Exhibition, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine

  • Long Beach Summer II, Stone Rose Gallery, Long Beach

  • Solo Exhibition: Images of Florence, Hellada Gallery, Long Bea​ch

  • Two-persons Exhibition: Shapes & Structures, Long Beach Main Public Library & City Hall

  • Four-persons Exhibition: Perspectives of Architecture, WE Labs, Long Beach 

  • Exposure 2014 Photography Exhibition, Hellada Gallery, Long Beach

2013

  • All Media 2013, Juror: Grace Kook-Anderson, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine

  • Solo Exhibition: Architecture, Hellada Gallery, Long Beach

  • Solo Exhibition: Paris in black & white, Long Beach

  • Exposure 2013 Photography Exhibition, Hellada Gallery, Long Beach

2012  

  • Exposure 2012 Photography Exhibition, Hellada Gallery, Long Beach

AWARDS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

  • Winner, Architecture Masterprize 2022 - Exterior Architecture Residential

  • Winner, Architecture Masterprize 2022 - Exterior Architecture Urban Design

  • Winner, Architecture Masterprize 2022 - Exterior Architecture Bridges

  • Winner, Architecture Masterprize 2022 - Exterior Architecture Cultural

  • Third Prize winner, 16th Annual CA Open 2021 TAG Gallery, Los Angeles

  • Street Photography Honorable Mention 2019 - Monovision Awards

  • Fine Art/Architecture Honorable Mention 2019 - Prix de la Photographie Paris

  • Architecture Honorable Mention 2018 (2) International Photography Awards (IPA)

  • Fine Art Honorable Mention 2018 (2) International Photography Awards (IPA)

  • Architecture Interior Honorable Mention 2017 (2) - International Photographer of the Year

  • Portrait Honorable Mention 2017 - International Photographer of the Year

  • Architecture Interiors Bronze 2017 - Tokyo International Foto Awards

  • Architecture Interiors Honorable Mention 2017 (4) 2017 - Tokyo International Foto Awards

  • Architecture Bridges Honorable Mention 2017 - Tokyo International Foto Awards

  • Fine Art - Still Life Honorable Mention 2017 - Tokyo International Foto Awards

  • Architecture Honorable Mention 2017 - Monochrome Awards

  • Architecture/Fine Art Honorable Mention 2017 (4 images) - Prix de la Photographie Paris

  • Architecture Honorable Mention 2017 (2 images) - Monovision Awards

  • Street Photography Nominee 2016/2017 - Fine Art Photography Awards

  • Architecture Nominee 2016/2017 - Fine Art Photography Awards

  • Night Photography Honorable Mention 2016 - International Photographer of the Year

  • Architecture Honorable Mention 2016 (2 images) - Monochrome Awards

  • Portrait Nominee 2015/2016 - Fine Arts Photography Awards

  • Portrait Honorable Mention 2016 - Monochrome Awards

  • Architecture Honorable Mention: Historic 2016 - International Photo Awards (IPA)

  • Architecture Honorable Mention: Bridges 2016 - International Photo Awards (IPA)

  • Architecture:Building Honorable Mention 2015 - International Photographer of the Year

  • Architecture:Interior Honorable Mention 2015 - International Photographer of the Year

  • Architecture Nominee 2014 - Fine Arts Photography Awards, Single Image

  • Architecture Nominee 2014 - Fine Arts Photography Awards, Series

  • Finalist, Best of Photography 2014 - 2018, International Photography Competition, Photographer's Forum

PRESS

PUBLICATIONS

  • Los Angeles Art Association Catalogue Volume III & IV

  • Best Photography 2014 - 2018, Photographer's Forum

  • Gallery exhibit catalogs: A Smith Gallery, Black Box Gallery, NYC4PA, Griffin Museum of Photography & PH21 Gallery.

  • PAKS Gallery YouTube Video of their International Art Show at the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris (page of exhibited art at 1:55 minute of video with comments from the curator)

  • PAKS Gallery Youtube 

FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM

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CONTACT

  • P.O. Box 32304, Long Beach, CA 90832

  • joshtann@aol.com