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 BUP Photo Book Awards. He has obtained the juror’s award in CONSTRUCTED IMAGES Exhibit, 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.

Selected Works

Exhibits:

“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

“The Dynamic Breach”, Light Works MFA Program Exhibition Showing, 2022

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