Wes Carson, Untitled 3, Digital Image/Archival Pigment Print, 9 x 9 in, 2023
Artist Bio:
Wes Carson is a fine art photographer, educator, and former assistant to Irving Penn in New York. He earned a bachelor's degree in Advertising Photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Art with a concentration in Photography and Digital Imaging from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
Carson began photographing professionally in 1984 and worked as a commercial photographer until the early 2000s. Since 2006, he has taught analog and digital photography at the university level. His documentary-style fine art photographs have observed and cataloged contemporary culture daily for fourteen years. Carson's eclectic sequencing of pictures creates a reflective experience for the audience. His work has been published in photo books and exhibited nationally and internationally.