Lives in Bothwell, Ontario

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts York University, Toronto, ON



Selected Solo Exhibitions

2005 Projects, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON

No Man’s Land, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, France

No Man’s Land, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON

2004 Alice Austin Museum, New York City, USA

2003 The Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain.

Oratorio del Caravita, Rome, Italy.

Presentation House, Vancouver, BC

Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.

2002 Canada House (Canadian High Commission) London, UK

Leaf Rapids National Exhibition Centre, Leaf Rapids, Manitoba

University of Northern British Colombia, Prince George, B.C.

Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, ON.

Leaf Rapids National Exhibition Centre, Leaf Rapids, MA.

2001 National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago.

The Leica Gallery, New York C ity.

Perpignan Photo Festival, Perpignan, France.

Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa.

McLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON.

2000 Staedtische Gallery, Iserlohn, Germany.

Aleppo Photo Festival, Aleppo, Syria.

Canadian Embassy, Damascus, Syria.

London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON.

Perpignan Photo Festival, Perpignan, France.

The Leica Gallery, New York City.

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON.

1999 Cambridge Art Gallery, Cambridge, ON.

1998 Aubenades de la Photographie, Aubenas, France

Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Wisconsin Union Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Vox Populi, Montreal, Que.

Sala Caixa Galicia, Lugo, Spain

Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain

Sala Caixa Galicia, Vigo, Spain

1997 Manifestations Culturelles, Nablus, Ramallah, East Jerusalem, (West Bank).

The Leica Gallery, New York City.

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON.

Sala de la Expositions Kiosko Alfonso, La Coruna, Spain.

Montparnesse FNAC, Paris, France, national tour.

Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Gronigen, The Netherlands.

1996 Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, UK.

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON.

1995 Gallery "Kimon", Athens, Greece.

Das Bildforum Foto Festival, Herten, Germany.

1994 The Photo Passage, Harbourfront, Toronto, ON.

Ecole Sup "le 15", Brussels, Belgium.

Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, W. Virginia, USA.

Retrospective, Nieuwekerk Cathedral, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Recontres Photographiques de Normandie, Abbey St. Ouen, Rouen, France.

Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa.

1992 DV8 Gallery, Victoria, BC.

National Library of Canada, Ottawa.

The Photo Passage, Harbourfront, Toronto.

1991 Forest City Gallery, London, ON.

Maison de la Culture Plateau, (La Mois de la Photo) Mont-Royal, Montreal, Que.

Spencer Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.

Christ Church, Hamilton, ON.

1990 Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alta.

Dunlop Gallery, Regina, Sask.

1989 Toronto Photographer's Workshop, Toronto.

Sarnia Public Art Gallery, Sarnia, ON.

1989 London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON.

The Photographer's Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.

1988 Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON.



Selected Group Exhibitions

2005 Leica Gallery, NYC, USA.

42nd Street digital billboard, Port Authority, New York City.

DFpoto, San Sebastian, Spain.

Cerventes Festival, Alca de Henares, Spain.

2004 Philadelphia Museum Of Art, Philadelphia, USA.

Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON.

The Museum Of The City Of New York, NYC. USA.

2003 Caixaforum, Barcelona, Spain.

The Fleeting Moment, Fundacion Agnellion, Torino, Italy.

Museo Nationale del Cinema, Turin, Italy.

Pace/Macgill Gallery, NYC, USA.

The Leica Gallery, Prague, Czeck Republic.

Paris Photo, Paris France.

Fundacion “la Caixa”, Barcelona, Spain.

Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, USA.

Pictou Gallery, Toronto, ON

Weltkulturerbe Voelklingen Hutte, Germany.

The Henry Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Paris, France.

Aperture At 50, Sotheby’s, NYC.

The Photographer’s Gallery, London, UK.

2002 Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan.

School of Visual Arts, New York City.

Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON.

New York State Museum, New York City.

Chicago Hisorical Society, Chicago, Ill.

Forest City Gallery, London. ON.

Fondazione Nazionale Italiana per la Fotografia, Torino, Italy.

Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Gronigen, The Netherlands.

housatonic museum, Bridgeport, CT. USA.

The Whopping Hydro Electric Plant Gallery, London, UK.

Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzweland.

National Arts Club, New York City, USA.

Ary Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The Harbourfront, Toronto, ON.

2001 Spirit of Religon, Cinema Museum, Saronique, Greece.

National Photography Centre, Sopelos, Greece.

New York Historical Society, New York City.

Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa,

Canada.

Here In New York, Spring Street Gallery, New York City, NY.

2000 Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON.

Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME.

Beaux Arts of Charleroi and Brussels 2000 Committee; Brussels, Belgium.

Biblioteque Nationale de France, Paris, France. (2000 shows: Magnum 50th)

New York Historical Society, NYC, USA.

Seiba Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

The Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan.

Palazzo del Esposizioni, Rome, Italy.

Kunsthaus Caserne, Zurich, Switzerland.

Deichtoraller, Hamburg, Germany.

Reina Sofia Museum of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Botanique, Brussels, Belgium.

Louiyana Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1999 The Barbicon Centre, London, UK.

Art Director's Club, NYC.

The Alternative Museum, NYC.

Le Pont Gallery, Aleppo, Syria.

1998 "Underexposed" Underground Station Zinkensdamm, Stockholm, Sweden.

Gallerie du Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse, France.

Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC.

The Station Gallery, Whitby, ON.

1997 Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto.

Art Gallery of North York, North York, ON.

Galerie d'art du Centre Cultural Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que.

Milton J. Weil Art Gallery, NYC.

Musee de Quebec, Quebec City, Que.

Kasan Museum Exhibition Centre, Hazelton, BC.

The National Arts Club, NYC.

Casa de Vacas de Ritiro, Madrid, Spain.

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, BC,

1996 Les Paysages de Magnum, Bon Marche, Paris, France.

pARTs Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kent Gallery, Soho, NYC.

Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC.

1995 Photographic Centre of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The Art Institute of Boston, Boston. Mass.

World Press Photo Exhibition; international tour.

Galerie St. Etienne, NYC.

1994 World Press Photo Exhibition: international tour.

Galerie de Chateau, Toulouse, France.

Ansel Adams Centre of Photography, San Francisco, CA. USA.

1993 World Press Photo Exhibition: international tour.

Kilbany Museum, Scotland.

Vietnam Veteran's Administration Hospital, Martinsburg, W. Virginia, USA.

Nikon House, NYC.

International Centre of Photography (ICP), NYC.

Hagerstown College Gallery, Hagerstown, MD., USA.

Capocon Resort, Berkley, MD., USA.



International Awards

2003 Henri Cartier-Bresson Award (First Recipient)

2002 Roloff Beny Book Award (Canada)

2001 British Design and Art Direction (D&AD) Award

London, UK (1st Prize)

2000 Society for News Design Award, La Nacion (Argentina)

2000 Photo-eye Aw ard, Citation of Excellence (USA)

1999 Hasselblad Foundation Award (Sweden)

Roloff Beny Book Award (Canada)

POY (Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri) special recognition, Canon Photo Essayist

POY Best Use of Photography in Books (2nd)

1998 Alfred Eisenstadt Award; Portraiture, Columbia University, NYC, (1st prize)

Pictures of the Year Foundation, University of Missouri; Pictorial (1st prize)

Pictures of the Year Foundation, University of Missouri; Feature Stories (2nd prize)

Overseas Press Club, New York, Citation of Excellence.

Society of Publication Designers (SPD) Magazine of theYear, NY Times, BEING 13

SPD- Merit Award, NY Times Magazine, AMERICAN PASTORAL

1997 Maine Photographic Workshops, Golden Light Award for El Salvador , best monograph/book of 1997.

SPD- Merit Award, LIFE MAGAZINE, Feature Story.

1996 Pictures of the Year Foundation, Special Recognition, Canon Photo Essayist

Oskar Barnack Award (Germany)

El Mundo Award (Spain)

1995 Ernst Haas Foundation Award (USA)

2000-95-94 Canadian National Magazine Awards (Gold)

1995-93-91 Western Canada magazine Awards (Gold)

1994 Pictures of the Year Foundation, University of Missouri; Canon Photo Essayist (1st prize)

World Press Foundation (Amsterdam); World Press Photo of the Year (1st prize)

Daily Life Stories (1st prize)

General News Stories (1st prize)

1993 World Press Foundation (Amsterdam); Daily Life Stories (1st prize)

1991 W Eugene Smith Foundation Award (International Centre of Photography, New York)



Books by the Author

2006 The World From My Front Porch,Trolley (Italy)

2005 No Man’s Land, Chris Boot, UK, USA; Textuel, France

2005 The World From My Front Porch, Aperture, USA.

2000 The Mennonites, Phaidon, UK, France.

1999 Then Palestine, Aperture (USA); Marval (France, 1998)

1997 El Salvador, W.W. Norton/Doubletake Books (USA)

1994 House on Ninth Street, Cormorant Books, Dunvegan, Ontario.

1992 The Prison Poems of Ho Chi Minh, Cormorant Books, Dunvegan, Ontario.

1990 Somoza's Last Stand, Williams-Wallace Publishers, Stratford, Ontario.

1988 Gifts of War, Coach House Press, Toronto, Ontario.

1983 Burning Cadillacs, Black Moss Press, Windsor, Ontario.



Group Books

2004 Outside The Ordinary, Aperture, NYC.

2003 New Yorkers, Powerhouse, NYC.

2003 al gusta de Cartier-Bresson, Fundacio “la Caixa”, Paris.

2002 Aperture at 50, Aperture, 2002.

2002 Le Photojournalisme Aux Encheres 2002, Thierry de

Maigret, Paris, France.

2002 This Is New York, Scalo, NYC

2002 The Best of 2002, American Photography, USA

2002 Confronting Views, aurora borealis, Netherlands.

2002 La fotografia tra storia e poesi, Mazzotta, Italy.

2002 Schattenlicht, GEO, Germany.

2002 Endure, The Rockerfeller Foundation, USA.

2002 Magnum Football, Phaidon, UK.

2002 Non a la pollution, Editions PEMF, France.

2001 woman. Running Press, USA.

2001 New York September 11 , powerhouse Books, New York, NY, USA

1999 Magnum O, Phaidon UK.

Crimes of War, W.W. Norton and Company, USA.

1998 Hope, Thames and Hudson, USA.

War, Presse de la Cite, Paris, France.

1997 Guerra Fratricidas, Fundacion Caixa, Spain.

1996 Magnum Landscape, Phaidon, UK

1995 The Critical Mirror, World Press Photo 40 Year Anniversary Issue, The Netherlands.

1993 Les Chats, Presse de la Cite, Paris, France.

Les Bebes, Presse de la Cite, Paris, France.

1992 Flesh and Blood: Photographer's Images of their own Families, The Picture Project, New York

1991 Companeros, Cormorant Books, Dunvegan, Ontario.

1988 Garden Varieties, Cormorant Books, Dunvegan, Ontario.

A Labour of Love, Polestar Books, Winlaw, BC.



Solo Catalogues

1997 Larry Towell, Fundacion Caixagalicia, Spain.

1988 Gifts Of War, Art Gallery Of Windsor, Windsor, ON.



Group Catalogues

2003 Foundation HCB, Paris France, 2003.

2001 Spirit of Religion, Photographic Centre, Skopelos, Greece.

1997 Printemps Palestine, AFAA, France.

Magnum World, Dai Nipon, Tokyo, Japan.

The Garden of Eden, Noorderlicht Festival, Holland.

1996 America Observed, 92nd Street Y, NYC.

1994 Carnets de Voyage, CMCP, Ottawa.

Bambini de Guerra, Contrasto, Milan, Italy.

1990 Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, Que.



Collections

Philadelphia Museum of Art (USA)

National Gallery (Canada)

The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (Canada)

Art Gallery of Ontario (Canada)

Galerie du Chateau d'Eau (France)

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (USA)

Noordelicht Collection, Gronigen (Holland).

The Ernst Haas Memorial Collection, Portland Museum of Art (USA)

Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin (USA).

Ecole Sup "le 15" (Belgium)

FNAC (France)

Art Gallery of Windsor (Canada)

Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art

Toronto Photographer's Workshop (Canada)

Private collections



Periodical & Magazine Publications

The New York Times Magazine, Aperture, Photo District News, American Photography, Doubletake, LIFE Magazine, TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone (USA), Das Magazine, Bilanz (Switzerland), Profil (Austria), GEO, Stern, Lux, Max, (Germany), Paris Match, Telerama, Le Monde, Liberacion, Elle (France), Photo Italia (Italy), La Revista (Spain), Canadian Geographic (Canada), Playboy (Japan), The Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday, Granta (UK).



The Collected Poems of Larry Towell - Poetry/ Slide/ Music Performances by the Author

2004 Camera, Toronto, ON.

2003 Emily Carr School of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC.

2002 Harbourfront Center, Toronto, ON.

Sarnia Library Theatre, Sarnia, ON.

2000 Hannover College of the Arts, Hannover, Germany.

London regional Art Gallery, London, ON.

1998 Maine Photographic Workshops, Portland ME.

National Union of Journalists, Copenhagen, Denmark.

University of Windsor, Windsor, ON.

Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison Wisconsin.

1997 International Centre of Photogography (ICP), NYC.

Interfoto Conference, Moscow, Russia.

Kiosko Alfonso, La Coruna, Spain.

Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Gronigen,The Netherlands.



Discography & Videos

1979 Feathers And Bones (LP) Country Gallery Records

2002 The Mennonites (audio CD) Country Gallery Records

2004 Mary’s Accordion (video)

2005 No Man’s Land (audio CD)

2005 No Man’s Land: Indecisive Moments (video)

2005 The Dark Years (audio 2CD set)

2006 (upcoming) The World From My Front Porch (audio CD)