Kevin Downs
United States
NORTH AMERICA
I am a New York based documentary photographer.I have been in love with photography since a very young age.My vision has been influenced by the troubles in Northern Ireland and the civil rights movement in the South.
When I moved to NY, I was introduced to Louis Stettner, who helped me to broaden my vision of the world around me.Currently, I am documenting how people are surviving in this economy, in New York, the Deep South and Los Angeles.
This past year, I was able to attend the Missouri Photo Workshop and was able to do so on the Bill and Duane Honorary Directors Scholarship, given in honor of former co-directors Duane Dailey and Bill Kuykendall and funded by their friends.This was awarded to an applicant with interests in photographing those who work with their hands in rural America.Attending this workshop was a defining event in my life that helped sharpen my skills and see the possibility of new images and stories in the world around me.
Freelance Photographer at We Demain Magazine
Freelance Photographer at VSD Magazine
Freelance Photographer at RISE TATTOO MAGAZINE
Freelance Photographer at Travel + Leisure US, Escape, Wish magazine, Sun-Herald, The Sydney Morning Herald
Freelance Photographer working with Christelle Gerand foreign correspondent.at Grazia France
Freelance Photographer at Metro New York
Freelance Photographer at Fifth Avenue Committee
Owner/Photographer at Kevin C.Downs Photography
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Caladan Gallery - Salem, MA
2003 70 NW Gallery - Milford, PA
2001 Big Genius Gallery - New York, NY
1996 Strobe Smith Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Intangible Gallery-NY in collaboration with Monica Avendano Gallery - Teusaquillo Bogota, Colombia 2010
Ideobox Artspace: A Collective Effort - Miami, FL
2009
Ideobox Artspace: Works from the Private Collection- Miami, FL 2009
2007 Caladan Gallery - Salem, MA
2004 70 NW Gallery – Looking South: Luminism & the Narrative in Photography - Milford, PA
Curated by Kevin Downs
2004 Balance Gallery – Jersey City, NJ
2003 70 NW Gallery - Milford, PA
2002 Taranto Gallery 70 NW Group - New York, NY
2001 Mary Gearhart Gallery - New York, NY
2000 Mary Gearhart Gallery - New York, NY
1999 Mary Gearhart Gallery - New York, NY
1994 Puchong Gallery - New York, NY
1993 MBM Times Square Gallery - New York, NY
1993 Puchong Gallery - New York, NY
1993 Galleria El Bohia, “The Independent Show” - New York, NY
1992 Puchong Gallery - New York, NY
1992 Galleria El Bohia, “The Independent Show” - New York, NY
1989 Bard College Gallery, “Painting” - Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1989 Blum Helman Gallery, “China , June 4, 1989” - New York, NY
1988 Joy Moos Gallery - Miami, FL
1988 Mars, “Black and White Show” - New York, NY
1988 F___ Art Gallery - Miami, FL
1987 Osaka City Museum, Art Space, “International Contemporary Art Exhibition” - Japan
Specialties
Documentary and stock photography.PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS National Association of Photoshop Professionals National Press Photographers Association Advertising Photographers of America
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by Kevin DownsThousands gather in Richmond Hill neighborhood in Queens, New York City, to celebrate Phagwah, or Holi. It is an Indo-Caribbean festival, where participants throw coloured dye or abrac and powder to celebrate spring and the chasing away of winter.
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by Kevin DownsAn angry protest took place to honor the burial of Kimani Gray, a 16 year old boy who was shot seven times by plainclothes police in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn for allegedly pointing a 38 caliber pistol at them.
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by Kevin DownsIt was a cold and snowy for the St. Patrick's Day Parade in NYC, with many parade goers braving the bad weather. This will be the last parade for Mayor Bloomberg. He and other dignitaries marched to celebrate the Irish patron saint.
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by Kevin DownsRiots and demonstrations took place in Brooklyn for Kimani Gray, a 16- year-old boy who was shot to death on March 10, 2013 by NYPD officers on 473 and 52nd Street in Brooklyn when he pulled a .38 caliber revolver on the police.
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by Kevin DownsThis year's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Rockaways, Queens, was a parade of hope and rebuilding for a community that was devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
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by Kevin DownsSince 1995, White Castle has been helping couples celebrate Valentine's Day. Not every location in Brooklyn celebrates in this manner but in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, young and old come to White Castle to share love and hamburgers known as sliders.
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by Kevin DownsApproximately 1 million revelers celebrated the beginning of 2013 in the early Tuesday morning in New York City's Times Square and it is the first year that it is being held after its longtime host, Dick Clark, passed away.
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by Kevin DownsThe annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's swim was attended by hundreds of swimmers who braved the minus 1 degree Celsius temperatures to plunge into a frigid Atlantic Ocean.
