"Let me show you something you may have missed..."
This quote from one of Sean Perry's closest friends, communicates the elemental theme in the photographs Perry makes. Born in Norfolk, Virginia he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and now divides his time between New York City and Austin, Texas.
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"Let me show you something you may have missed..."
This quote from one of Sean Perry's closest friends, communicates the elemental theme in the photographs Perry makes. Born in Norfolk, Virginia he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and now divides his time between New York City and Austin, Texas.
Perry was a working musician before turning to photography in 1996. His photographs have been acquired by notable private collectors including Manfred Heiting & Alan Siegel in addition to being held in the permanent collections of the Museum Fine Arts Houston, the Amon Carter Museum, the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography, and the Harry Ransom Center.
Cloverleaf Press published Perry's first limited edition book, Transitory in 2006, and followed with a second title, Fairgrounds in the Fall of 2008. In 2009 he was selected as a finalist for the Hasselblad Masters award for his work and book Fairgrounds. His photographs have been published widely including the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Graphis, PDN, New York Magazine and American Photography, as well as having been exhibited in Washington, New York, California and Texas in the United States - Hong Kong, Copenhagen and London abroad.
He is currently photographing and completing three series/books on New York City entitled Monolith, Gotham and Fotopolis.
He accepts select commissions/assignments and licenses his images for appropriate commercial campaigns, frequently contributing his photographs to auctions that benefit photographic and social concerns. Read Less
F GQFeatured On: 09/26/12
