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Dean Forbes lives near Seattle, Washington. He is a longtime semi-professional photographer with varied interests but with a focus on street, cultural, documentary and urban landscape photography. His recent work explores the new topography - the impacts and interface of the manufactured on the natural landscape.
Images in exhibits (in person & virtual)
- Los Angeles Center for Photography, Comeback, LACP’s 8th Annual Members’ Exhibition 2022, selected image. Oct. 1-Dec. 13, 2022, https://lacphoto.org/comeback-lacps-8th-annual-members-exhibition-2022/ - Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Black, White and all the Grays Between juried exhibit, invited image, November 2022 - The Chateau Gallery (Louisville, KY), Beauty in Decay, selected image, October 2022, https://chateaugallery.com/beauty-in-decay - Praxis Gallery, In-Between Moments, selected image, Oct. 15-29, 2022, https://www.praxisphotocenter.org/post/in-between-moments-2022-documentation - 10x10x10 Tieton 2022, invited image, August-October 2022, Tieton, WA. https://www.tietonarts.org/10x10x10xtieton-2022-virtual-exhibit
- The Chateau Gallery (Louisville, KY), Chiaroscuro, selected image, August 2022. https://chateaugallery.com/exhibitions/chiaroscuro - Shutter Hub (UK) Yearbook 2022 exhibition, selected image. https://shutterhub.org.uk/exhibition-yearbook-2022/ - Praxis Gallery, Open Theme, invited image, August-September 2022 - Urban Photo Awards 2022, selected image. https://www.urbanphotoawards.com/en/photo/?id=52305/dean-forbes/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place - SE Center for Photography, Color, invited image, August 2022 - Griffin Museum of Photography exhibit Vantage Point: The View from Here, June-September 2022, invited image. https://griffinmuseum.org/show/vantage-point-the-view-from-here/ - 5th Chania International Photo Festival, Greece, July 2022, invited image https://www.cipfestival.com/participating-artists-2022/ - Praxis Gallery, The Streets, invited image, April 2022 - Blank Wall Gallery, Black & White, invited image, April 2022 https://www.blankwallgallery.com/exhibition-black-white-2022/ - Marin Society of Artists Exposed 2022 online show, invited image. March 15-May 14, 2022 https://shows14.wixsite.com/mysite/xposed-2022 https://youtu.be/Bf4tbaGNK7o - Lenscratch The 2/22/22 Exhibition: Pairs and Diptychs http://lenscratch.com/2022/02/the-22222-exhibition/ - PhotoSpiva 2022, selected images, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri, https://spivaarts.org/photospiva/ - Trees, NYC4PA, selected image, online exhibit and catalog. https://www.nyc4pa.com/trees-1 - Emotions 2021, The Gallerium online and book exhibition, selected image, Jan 15-Feb. 15, 2022 https://www.gallerium.art/p/emotions-2021.html https://www.gallerium.art/p/emotions-2021.html?name=dean-forbes - Auburn Art Gallery, Los Angeles, Black & White, selected images Dec. 2021-Jan. 2022 https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/51771228868/in/contacts/
- Praxis Gallery, The Shadow Aspect, selected images, 2022 - Praxis Gallery, Don’t Make Me Laugh, selected image, January 2022 - SE Center for Photography Open, five selected images, January 2022 https://www.sec4p.com/open-22-online-exhibition - Praxis Gallery, Open Theme selected image, November 2021 - Los Angeles Center of Photography: Benefit Auction, September 2021. Selected image. https://www.artsy.net/auction/los-angeles-center-of-photography-benefit-auction-2021 - PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, Open Call, selected image Juror Sandrine Hermand-Grisel, Aug. 20-Sept. 10, 2021, https://photoplacegallery.com/online-juried-shows/open-call-2021/gallery/installation-gallery - Urban 2021 selected image Spaces for Trieste Photo Days September 2021 https://urbanphotoawards.com/it/selected-2021/selected-2021-spaces/#group - Blue Sky Gallery Transitions 2020 (member exhibition). July 2021 https://www.blueskygallery.org/transitions-2020 - 10x10x10 Tieton – invited image. August 2021, https://www.tietonarts.org/10x10x10xtieton-2021 - PhotoPlace Gallery (Vermont) Color juried by Arthur Meyerson, July-August 2021.Two images selected. https://photoplacegallery.com/online-juried-shows/color/gallery/exhibition-gallery - Praxis Gallery, Letters, Numbers & Symbols, selected photograph, May 2021. - 4th Annual CIP Festival, selected image, 2021. https://www.cipfestival.com/participating-artists-2021/ - Blank Wall Gallery, Monochrome virtual exhibition, March-June 2021 https://www.blankwallgallery.com/exhibition-monochrome-virtual-2020/ - Loosenart.com Language exhibit, Rome, May 2021 https://www.loosenart.com/pages/news-language - Monochrome Awards 2020, honorable mention, nature category, image Shadow Roots. https://monoawards.com/winners-gallery/monochrome-awards-2020/professional/nature/hm/12809 - Lightbox Gallery Members Show, Nov. 26-Jan. 2, 2021. http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/thanksgiving - SE Center for Photography Members show, December 2020
- LA Photo Curator “This Land is Your Land” featured image on Instagram Oct. 10, 2020. https://www.laphotocurator.com/home - Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece; Landscapes, November 2020 https://www.blankwallgallery.com/exhibition-landscapes-2021/ - F Stop Magazine Documentary exhibit (online), October 2020 https://www.fstopmagazine.com/groupexhibition.html - The Photo Review web exhibition, selected image. https://www.photoreview.org/2020-competition/2020-competition-web-galleries/2020-competition-childhood/ - Feature Shoot Print Swap editors’ selection and Blank Wall Gallery in Athens, Greece, November 2020 - Black Box Gallery (Portland, OR) Vision: Black and White, 2020 - SE Center for Photography (Greenville, SC), Color 20 juried gallery exhibit September 2020 https://www.sec4p.com/color-20-ss/?mc_cid=a665fad6fc&mc_eid=1abb948b84 - Lightbox Gallery (Astoria, OR) Let the Sun Shine In Jury of Your Peers exhibit July 2020 http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/let_the_sun_shine_in - Feature Shoot Print Swap editors’ selection and BBA Gallery Berlin July 2020 - Blue Sky Gallery (Portland, OR) Inaugural Member Show - https://www.blueskygallery.org/visualizing-2020-blue-sky-online-member-show - 10x10x10 Tieton, WA, 2020 juried exhibit, August-October 2020 http://www.tietonarts.org/10x10x10xtieton-2020-virtual-exhibit - Praxis Gallery (St. Paul, MN), The Shadow Aspect juried exhibit, honorable mention, July 2020 - Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary, Photo National Juried Exhibition, July 2020 - Shoreline Arts Festival 2020 juried art show Honorable Mention https://www.shorelineartsfestival.org/photography-virtual-arts - Lightbox Gallery (Astoria, OR) Isolation juried exhibit May 2020 http://lightbox-photographic.com/exhibitions/Isolation/index.html - Lightbox Gallery (Astoria, OR) PNW 40 juried exhibit, April 2020 - Blue Sky Gallery (Portland, OR) 2020 Viewing Drawers program (10-image portfolio), juried. https://www.blueskygallery.org/new-blog/2020/4/1/dean-forbes - Lightbox Gallery (Astoria, OR), The Jury of Your Peers juried exhibit, March 2020
- Praxis Gallery (St. Paul, MN), The Streets juried exhibit, March 2020 - F-Stop Magazine Still Life exhibit (online) 2020 - Lenscratch Your Favorite Photograph of 2019 Exhibit (online) - New York Center for Photographic Arts, Patterns and Shadows juried exhibit grand prize winner, December 2019; exhibit April 2020 - New England School of Photography juried exhibit The Audacity of Hope, December 2019 - F-Stop Magazine Abstraction exhibit (online) 2019 - F-Stop Magazine Consumption exhibit (online) 2019
- F-Stop Magazine Animals exhibit (online) 2019 - 10x10x10 Tieton 2019 juried exhibit, https://www.tietonarts.org/10x10x10xtieton-2019-1 - Shoreline Arts Festival 2019, 2nd place, juried exhibit https://www.shorelineartsfestival.org/juried-art - Lightbox Gallery PNW 40 juried exhibit, Astoria, Oregon, 2019 - F-Stop Magazine Street Photography 2018 - Blue Sky Gallery Viewing Drawers, Portland, 2018, https://www.blueskygallery.org/nw-drawers/2018-pacific-northwest-photography-viewing-drawers - Cascadia College gallery solo exhibit, January 2018 - Columbia City Gallery Gimme Shelter exhibit, August-September 2017 https://columbiacitygallery.com/event/gimme-shelter/ - Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Eclipse, August 2017 - Globe Gallery solo exhibit, Seattle - Blue Sky Gallery Viewing Drawers, Portland, 2016, https://www.blueskygallery.org/nw-drawers/2017/11/18/2017-pacific-northwest-photography-viewing-drawers - Kent Summer Art Exhibit, 2016 - https://www.facebook.com/CityofKent/videos/centennial-center-gallery-summer-art-exhibit-2016/10154903668428916/ - Kent Summer Arts Exhibit 2015
Print & online publications
- Black and White Magazine 2020 Single Image contest winner. - Third Place, Digital Photo Magazine 2020 Street Scene Contest February 2021 https://www.dpmag.com/photo-contests/street-scene/ Interview: https://www.dpmag.com/blog/10-questions-with-dean-forbes/ - AAP Magazine #16, Shadows, selected images. https://www.all-about-photo.com/all-about-photo-contest.php?cid=28 - Shutterhub Exhibition Yearbook 2021, September 2021. Selected image. https://shutterhub.org.uk/exhibition-yearbook-2021/ - AAP Magazine “Shapes” – selected image August 2021 https://www.all-about-photo.com/photo-articles/photo-article/1045/the-amazing-winning-images-of-aap-magazine-19-shapes
- Shots Magazine, Fall 2020 issue open theme https://shotsmag.com/products/no-149-fall-2020-open-theme - Shots Magazine, Spring 2020 issue Surrender, https://shotsmag.com/products/no-147-spring-2020-surrender - Book cover, Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City by Jennifer Ott and the Historylink staff. Published 2019, https://www.historylink.org/File/20023 - Black and White magazine, single image contest 2020, selected entry - Short Street Stories book published in 2019 by Exhibit Around. Two images accepted. https://www.exhibitaround.com/en/short-street-stories-authors-cover-exhibit/ - Generations book published 2020 by Exhibit Around - Chromantic book published 2020 by Exhibit Around