Ryan Mitchell is a New York-based photographer and former military veteran. He has a BFA in Film and Television from Savannah’s College of Art and Design. He is currently a graduate student at Syracuse University pursuing an MFA in Art Photography.
His images have been published in various publications, such as F-Stop Magazine, Undivided, and Perception. In 2024, his series was a finalist for Hand Magazine’s Ten Years out of Hand Publication and shortlisted for the Blow Up Press Photo Book Awards. He obtained the juror’s award in the CONSTRUCTED IMAGES Exhibit at Praxis Gallery and Hamidah Glasgow's Juror's Award in C4FP Center Forward 2024. His images have been exhibited across the United States and in Europe.
Exhibits:
“First Time Outside” Totally Open Manifest Gallery, March 7th-April 4th 2025
“Waiting Area(s)” Choice 2025 Atlanta Photography Group Juried Exhibition, February 2025
“Waiting Area(s)” Choice 2025 Atlanta Photography Group Juried Exhibition, February 2025
“Thank You For Your Service?” PhotoNOLA's inaugural Photobook Grand Prize, December 2024
“First Time Outside,” Juror’s Choice, from Kristin Bloom, MFA, University of Montana-Missoula, Anything that Moves show, MFA Exhibition Online - University of Montana, December 2024
“Dirty Ride,” Emerging Vision: Biennial Student Show, December to January 2024
Hamidah Glasgow's Juror's Award “First Time Outside,” Center Forward 2024, Center for Fine Art Photography (C4FP) Fort Collins, Colorado, October 30 – November 23, 2024
“Self Portrait 1,” Candela Gallery UNBOUND13 Exhibit, July 5th 2024
“Dirty Ride,” Medium Photo Size Matters Exhibit, San Diego at the Athenaeum Art Center, April 2024
Juror’s Choice, “Rest Break,” CONSTRUCTED IMAGES Exhibit, Praxis Gallery, November 2023
Publications:
“Thank you, For Your Service?” Photobook, 2024 BUP Book Award Shortlisted Artist
“Thank You, For Your Service?” Ten Years Out of Hand, Hand Magazine Finalist Publication Prize February 2024
“Bustling Streets,” Draft 19 Magazine RIT (Rochester Institute for Technology), April 2024
“Ended Locations and Dark Spaces 2” F-Stop Magazine Open Theme Issue, June 2023
“It’s Been Awhile”, Perception Magazine Spring 2023 Edition