Gus Powell

Life and work

Publications

Publications by Powell

• The Company of Strangers. Atlanta and New York: J&L, 2003.
• The Lonely Ones. Atlanta and New York: J&L, 2015.
• Family Car Trouble. TBW, 2019.. Edition of 940 copies.

  Publications with contributions by Powell

• Bystander: a History of Street Photography. Second edition. Boston: Bulfinch, 2001. By Joel Meyerowitz and Colin Westerbeck.. Paperback.
• Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs. Scalo, 2002.. Includes seven photographs by Powell.
• A Field Guide To The North American Family. New York City: Mark Batty, 2007. By Garth Risk Hallberg..
• 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin, 2010.. Includes an essay by Jonathan Glancey, "Outlandish Harmony"; a foreword by Nick Turpin; and a chapter each by Powell and others.
• Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. . London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. . Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren.
• The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014.. By David Gibson.

  Awards

• 2003: One of Photo District News's "PDN 30 2003," one of 30 emerging photographers to watch
• 2013: Feature Photography category, National Magazine Awards, New York. One of a few winners, for photography in New York magazine

  Solo exhibitions

• Manhattan Noon, Museum of the City of New York, New York, December 2007 – April 2008.
• The Lonely Ones, Galerie Ghezelbash & Motte Masselink, Paris, France, November, 2015; Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, January, 2016; Micamera, Milan, Italy, April, 2016.
• Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Project, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, South Carolina, March 2018 - May 2018.

  Collections

• Art Institute of Chicago: 1 print
• Museum of Fine Arts Houston: 1 print
• Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

  Film

• In-Sight. 38 minute documentary directed and edited by Nick Turpin, commissioned by Format for the Format International Photography Festival, Derby, 2011. Includes interviews with Powell and others, and shows him at work.