Gerard H. Gaskin
Photography www.gerardhgaskinphoto.com
Phone: 1 (646) 221-4275
Email: gerardhgaskin4u@gmail.com
Professional Experience
1995-Present Freelance Photographer, Clients include: Teen People, Black Enterprise, Ebony, North Star Fund, Move the Crowd, King, Vibe, The Source, Island, Def Jam Records, JMJ Records, The New York Times, Newsday, IVMF at Syracuse University, Colgate University, Virginia University and Wagner Collage, Better World Advertising and UniWorld Advertising Group.
1994-1995 Staff Photographer, The Express Newspaper, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.
1989-1993 Chief Photographer, Publicity Department of Queensborough Community College: Photographs published in The Daily News, Bayside Times and The Amsterdam News.
1999-2003 Photography Instructor, The Children’s Art Carnival, Harlem NY; The Harvey Milk School, Manhattan NY. Designed and implemented photography courses for High School students including camera and lab instruction.
1992-1993 Photography Instructor, NAACP: ACT/CO Program, Manhattan NY. Designed and implemented photography courses for high school students competing for national scholarships competition.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo:
2020 Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene: Morrisville State Collage, Morrisville, NY
2016 Legendary: Colgate University Hamilton, NY
2015 Legendary: The African American Museum in Philadelphia, PA
2014 Legendary: Robert B. Menschel Gallery, Schine Student Center at Syracuse University, NY
2013 Legendary New York: W Hotel on 59th Street and Lexington Ave, Manhattan, NY
2013 Legendary: Center of Documentary Studies on the Campus of Duke University Durham, NC
2009 A Walk in The Park: Pendulum Bar and Restaurant, Soho London, England
2003 The Experiment: with poet Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Amsterdam, Netherland
1998 Untitled Images from A Walk in the Park Series: Cafe Exuim, Manhattan, NY
1996 Douglas Girls Series: AH Space Gallery, Manhattan, NY
Group:
2020 Elements of Vogue: Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 For Freedoms: Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
2017 Elements of Vogue: CM2A, Madrid, Spain
2016 The Grace Jones Project: Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2015 Being Black in America: Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014 Pictures from Paradise: Toronto, Canada
2012 Made in Woodstock VI: The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
2012 TESTIMONY: A Living Exhibition of Queer Youth: Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art, Manhattan, NY
2006 Galvanize: CCA7, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
2005 Framing the Triangle: Goethe-Institute Accra, Ghana
2003 Imagenes Havana: Fototeca deCuba Habana Vieja, Cuba
2003 Saturday Night Sunday Morning: Leica Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2002 QUEENS International: The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
2001 Committed to the Image: The Brooklyn Museum, NY
1999 New York Photographers of the 20th Century: Schomberg Center Library, Harlem, NY
1994 Young Gifted & Phat: Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Publications
2013 & 2020 Legendary: Inside The House Ballroom Scene, Duke University Press, Durham, NC
2012 Pictures from Paradise, Robert & Christopher Publishing, Trinidad and Tobago W.I.
2011 Contact Sheet 162, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
2009 Nueva Luz, (Volume 14), Bronx, NY
2007 NYC: Positionen zu New York, Berlin, Germany
2007 Transparent, Harcourt Books, New York, NY
2005 Why I hate Abercrombie & Fitch, New York University Press, New York NY
2004 Black: A Celebration of A Culture, Hylas Publishing Irvington, New York, NY
2001 Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers Brooklyn Museum/ Herrell,
Brooklyn, NY
2000 New York: A State of Mind, Introduction by (Ed Koch), Towery, Nashville, TN
1999 New York Photographers of the 20th Century, The Schomberg Center Library, Harlem, NY
Permanent Collections
National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, DC
Duke University Library
The Museum of the City of New York
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Lectures
2020 The Business of Photography: Morrisville State College, Morrisville, NY
2019 MPS Digital Photography: School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, NY
2019 Talking Photography: The Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
2017 Who I am: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2015 Trinidad Artists Series: Alice Yard, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
2016 Framing Beauty: Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
2014 Pictures from Paradise: Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, CA
2014 Brown Bag with Gerard H. Gaskin: Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
2013 Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene with The Camera Club of NY: SVA, NY
2013 Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene with Frank Roberts and Deb Willis: NYU, NY
2013 Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene: The Center for Documentary Studies, Duke
University, NC
2012 Documentary Photography: International Center of Photography, Manhattan, NY
2012 Round Table on the House and Ballroom Scene: Whitney Museum, NY
2011 Gaskin the Photographer: The Center of Photography at Woodstock, NY
2010 Gender Studies Program: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2005 Gender and Photography: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Portraiture: International Center of Photography at The Point, Bronx, NY
Current Projects
Legendary
A series of portraits of the Black and Latino gay ball culture
Lefrak City
A series documenting the neighborhood that I grew up in
The Look Within
A portrait series of artists from Trinidad & Tobago, the county I was born in
Beyond A Boundary
A look into West Indies cricket and the people who love that team
Distilling Lebanon, NY
A series documenting Old Home Distillers in Lebanon, NY
Education
1994 BA, Liberal Arts, Hunter College, Manhattan, NY
Studied photography with Roy DeCarava
1991 AA, Liberal Arts, Queensborough Community College, Queens, NY
Studied photography with Jules Allen
Awards
2012 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography at Duke University, Durham, NC
2011 The Center of Photography at Woodstock’s Artist-in-Residence, Woodstock, NY
2010 Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence, Syracuse, NY
2005 Queens Council On The Arts Individual Artists Initiative Award, Queens, NY
2004 Minority Task Force On AIDS, Marcel Christian Labeija Award Capturing the Uniqueness of
the Ballroom Community
2003 Honored at Queensborough Community College Awards Dinner for my Success in the Arts.
2002 Gordon Parks’ 90, the naming of the top 90 black photographer in the USA.
2002 Awarded the 2002 New York Foundation for the Arts Artists’ Fellowship
1991 Awarded Photographer of the Year at Queensborough Community College, Queens, NY