David H. Wells
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS &
AWARDS:
- Fulbright Regional
Studies Research Fellowship, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka 2005
- Alicia Patterson
Foundation Fellowship, 2001
- Aaron Siskind
Fellowship (Merit Award), Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2001
- Rhode Island State
Council on the Arts (Request For Proposals) Grant, 2000
- Fulbright Lecturing
Fellowship at University of Mysore, Mysore, India, 1999
- Visual Arts Fellowship
from the New Jersey Arts Council, 1994
- Fellowship for
Research and Writing on International Peace and Cooperation, MacArthur
Foundation 1991-92
- Third Place, Magazine
Documentary Photo, Pictures of the Year Competition, 1992
- Third Place, Magazine
Pictorial Photograph, Pictures of the Year Competition, 1991
- Third Place, Magazine
Documentary Photo, Pictures of the Year Competition, 1990
- Third Place, Magazine
Pictorial, Pictures of the Year Competition, 1990
- Visual Arts Fellowship
from the Pennsylvania Arts Council, 1989
- Third Place, Sunday
Magazine Editors Association Competition, 1989
- Nikon/National Press
Photographers' Association Documentary Sabbatical Grant, 1988
- “New Faces” Award,
American Photographer, 2/88
- John J. McCloy
Fellowship, Columbia University and the American Council on Germany,
1988
- Silver Medalist,
Society of Newspaper Design, 1985
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Freelance photographer
working across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
- Affiliated with
Aurora Photos of Portland, ME, 2003 - 2007
- Affiliated with
Matrix International of New York, NY, 1997 - 2003
- Affiliated with J.B.
Pictures of New York, NY, 1985 - 1997
- Staff photographer,
Syracuse Newspapers, Syracuse, NY, 4/84 – 1/85
- Staff photographer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth, TX, 1/84 – 4/84
- Contract Photographer,
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, 1/83 – 1/84
- Staff photographer,
Hearst Community Newspapers, South Gate, CA, 6/81 – 1/83
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts in the
Liberal Arts with a concentration in the history of photography from
Pitzer College of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA, 5/79
SELECTED PUBLISHED
PHOTO-ESSAYS:
- “Live Like the
Banyan Tree: Images of the Indian American Experience,” exhibition and
catalogue for the Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA,
2/99
- “City of
Pearls,” Aramco World Magazine, 9/98
- “Bangalore: The
Silicon Valley of India,” Aramco World Magazine, 11/97
- “Moslem Sites of
Ahmedabad, India,” Aramco World Magazine, 7/97
- “Light Study:
Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock,” Aramco World Magazine
6/96
- “Yasser Arafat's
Dilemma,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 3/26/95
- “Afterlives:
Surviving a Family Member’s Murder,” Philadelphia Magazine, 11/94
- “The Threat of
Peace,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 4/10/94
- “Making
Musicians,” Mid-Atlantic Country Magazine, 1/94
- “Philadelphia
Stock Exchange,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 9/27/92
- “Distant
Relations: Arab and Jew in Everyday Israel,” Philadelphia Inquirer
Sunday Magazine., 5/03/92
- “A Price for
Security,” The New York Times Magazine, 9/08/91
- “Reaping What We
Sow, California’s Killing Fields,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday
Magazine, 1/29/89
- “Modernizing
China,” Tropic Magazine of the Miami Herald, 8/21/88
- “Rage for
Rowing,” Connoisseur Magazine, 6/88
- “The New
Dropouts,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 4/10/88
- “School for
Scholars,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 6/7/87
- “Cowtown Rodeo
Survives,” Sports Illustrated Magazine, 10/86
- “The Story of a
Town,” The New York Times Magazine, 5/11/86
PORTFOLIO PUBLICATION:
- Grain Magazine,
Singapore, 3/04
- Camera Arts Magazine,
Corrales, NM, 8/01
- Nikon World Magazine,
New York, NY, 12/99
- Zoom Magazine, Milan,
Italy, 1/98
- Photographers
International Magazine, Taipei, Taiwan, 6/95
- Camera and Darkroom
Magazine, Beverly Hills, CA, 7/93
- Communication Arts
Photography Annual, Menlo Park, CA, 1991
- American Photographer
Magazine, New York, NY, 2/88
- American Photography
Four, New York, NY, 1988
- Photo District News,
New York, NY, 10/85
- Photo Magazine, Paris,
France, 10/85
SELECTED ASSIGNMENT &
PUBLICATION CREDITS:
Business Week Magazine,
California Magazine, Forbes Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Geo Magazine,
Life Magazine, Los Angeles Times Magazine, National Geographic
Publications, Newsweek Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Rhode Island
Monthly Magazine, Saveur Magazine, West Magazine of the San Jose
Mercury-News, Time Magazine, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report
Magazine, Washington Post Magazine, Yankee Magazine
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- "About This,”
International Center of Photography, New York, NY, 11/07 –1/08
- "Water: An Exhibition
of Photography by ASMP New England Photographers," Massasoit
Community College, Canton, MA, 10/02 – 11/02
- “Made in Cuba,”
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, 3/02 – 4/02
- “Ritual and Religion,”
Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 8/01 –
2//02
- “The Perpetual Well:
Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Jewish Museum,”
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1/00 – 4/00
- “Philadelphia
Selections Three,” Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia,
PA, 9/98
- “At One With God:
Changing Face of Prayer in America,” 92nd Street Young Men’s Hebrew
Association, New York, NY, 2/98 – 3/98
- “8 x 10: Contemporary
American Photography,” Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College,
Flushing, NY, 4/96 – 5/96
- “Two Visions of One
People in Two Lands,” National Center for Photography as an Art Form,
Bombay, India, 2/97
- “Directions: North
American Contemporary Photography,” Second International Photo Meeting,
NAFOTO, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 5/95
- “The Global
Environment,” FotoFest, Houston, TX, 11/94
- “Beyond the Walls:
Eastern State Penitentiary,” Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA,
11/93
- “Jewish Heritage in
the Eye of the Camera,” Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Tel Aviv,
Israel, 4/92
- “The Other America:
Photographs of Youth in America,” Visa pour l'Image Photojournalism
Festival, Perpignan, France, 8/90 - 9/90
- “Philadelphia Past and
Present: the City Through a Camera,” Museo Bardini, Florence,
Italy, 11/89 – 1/90
- “Hard Choices/Just
Rewards,” Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 5/89
- “Fairmouint Park: Ten
Photographers,” Mellon Center, Philadelphia, PA, 6/88 – 10/88
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- "Re-coloring and
re-configuring: Globalization in Southern India," University of
Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 11/08 – 12/08
- “Concurrence: An
Evolving India,” Gallery Saintonge, Missoula, MT, 6/08
- "Globalization: New
Perspective on India," Salve Regina Univ., Newport, RI. 2/08-3/08
- "Distant Relations,"
Artemisia Gallery, Portland, OR, 4/03
- "Cheap Food at the
Cost of Cheap Lives," University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 6/01 –
9/01
- “Live Like the Banyan
Tree: Images of the Indian American Experience,” Balch Institute of
Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA, 2/99 – 12/99
- “Pesticide Poisoning
of America,” Lowenherz Gallery, New York, NY, 4/99 – 6/99
- “Light Studies,”
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 3/99 – 5/99
- “Water,” Gallery Ezra,
London, England, 11/97
- “Pesticide Poisoning
of America,” Centro Colombo-Americano, Medellin, Colombia, 11/97
- “Photojournalism by
David H. Wells,” University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 9/97
- “The Evolving
Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” Brown University, Providence, RI,
4/97
- “The Pesticide
Poisoning of America,” Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, 1/97 – 3/97
- “The Evolving
Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” The University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Anthropology and Archeology, Philadelphia, PA, 4/96 – 6/96
- “Distant Relations:
The Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” University of California at
Berkeley, Berkeley , CA, 1/96 – 2/96
- “Light Studies,”
Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX, 4/95 – 5/95
- “Documentary
Photography,” Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, 4/95
- “Neighbors: The
Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” University of Denver, Denver, CO,
10/94
- “The Relationship
Between Arabs and Jews,” Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA , 9/94
- “Distant Relations:
The Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” Jewish Arts Foundation, West
Palm Beach, FL., 11/93
- “Between Brothers: The
Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” Blue Sky: Oregon Center for
the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR, 12/92 – 1/93
- “A Russian Sojourn,”
Philadelphia Museum of Judaica, Philadelphia, PA, 9/88 – 11/88
- “Scenes of Survival,”
Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1/87 – 2/87
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
- Banana Republic, San
Francisco, CA
- Carpenter Center for
the Visual Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Fidelity Investments,
Boston, MA and Smithfield, RI
- Free Library of the
City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
- Collection of Graham
Nash, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- Jewish Museum, New
York, NY
- Light Work Photography
Center, Syracuse, NY
- Office of the Mayor of
the City of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
- McGraw-Hill
Collection, New York, NY
- Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, New York, NY
- National Center for
Photography as an Art Form, Bombay, India
- Pennsylvania
Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
- The Philadelphia
Museum of Judaica, Philadelphia, PA
- Price-Waterhouse
Company Collection, New York, NY
- Santa Barbara Museum
of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals,
Madison, NJ
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
- Visiting Professor of
Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, Roch., NY. 2007
- Faculty, Northern
Short Course in Photojournalism. Providence, RI 2004 and 2007.
- Workshop instructor /
International Center for Photography, New York, NY, 1995-98, 2002-2007
- Workshop instructor /
Santa Fe Photography Workshops, Santa Fe, NM, 2003-2006
- Workshop instructor /
Objectifs, Singapore Center for Film and Photography, 2004
- Workshop instructor /
Maine Photography Workshops, Rockport, ME, 1995-2007
- Workshop instructor /
Pathshala school of photography, Dacca, Bangladesh, 1999-2005
- Workshop instructor /
Art Workshops in Guatemala, Antiqua, Guatemala, 2002-2007
- Workshop instructor /
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, 1999-2002
- Adjunct Professor of
Photography, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA., 1998-99
- Visiting Professor of
Photography, London campus of Syracuse University, London, 1997
- Senior Lecturer at the
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1997-1998
- Visiting Professor of
Photography, Newhouse School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1995
<>Guest lecturer:
Lehigh University, New School for Social
Research, Pitzer College, Rhode Island College, Rhode Island School of
Design, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Rhode
Island,
School for Visual Arts
ARTIST’S RESIDENCIES:
- Geraldine Dodge
Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 6/97
- Artist in Residence /
Program Coordinator, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ, 1992-95
- Mid-Atlantic Arts
Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester,
N.Y., 3/90
- Artist-In-Residence,
Light Works Photography Center, Syracuse, NY, 10/87
PROFESSIONAL REVIEW PANEL
SERVICE
- Ohio Arts Council
Individual Artist Fellowship panel for photography for 2005.
- Rhode Island State
Council on the Arts Grant Review Panel for
- Request for Proposal /
Grants to Individual Artists - 2002
- Alexia Foundation
Fellowships – 1997