Bryan Formhals
{{Short description|American photographer and editor}}
Bryan Formhals (born October 18, 1976){{cite web|access-date=2020-08-15|title=The Bryan Formhals Mixtape|url=http://lenscratch.com/2014/03/the-bryan-formhals-mixtape/|date=21 March 2014|website=lenscratch.com}} is an American photographer and editor, based in New York City. He co-edited the book Photographers' Sketchbooks (2014).{{cite web|first1=Jordan G.|last1=Teicher|access-date=2020-08-15|title=A Glimpse Into the Sketchbooks of Professional Photographers|url=https://slate.com/culture/2015/02/the-book-photographers-sketchbooks-shows-the-creative-process-of-photographers-from-around-the-world.html|date=1 February 2015|website=Slate Magazine}}
Life and work
Formhals was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota.{{cite news|first1=John|last1=Leland|access-date=2020-08-15|title=A Journey Through Queens With the Photographer Bryan Formhals|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/nyregion/a-journey-through-queens-with-the-photographer-bryan-formhals.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 February 2016|issn=0362-4331}} He earned a degree in communication and journalism at nearby Saint John's University, Collegeville in 1999. He moved to Minneapolis and got a job working for a web company, transferring west to Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California in 2004.{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-15|title=Bryan Formhals whisks us away to the palm-flanked streets of LA|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/bryan-formhals|website=www.itsnicethat.com}} In LA he took a class at The Second City doing improvisational comedy and wrote a screenplay. In 2005, unhappy with his screenplay and experiencing writer's block, he began taking photographs while walking around Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles.{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-16|title=Interview with Bryan Formhals, editor of Street Photography Magazine la pura vida|url=https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2011/03/30/interview-with-bryan-formhals-editor-of-street-photography-magazine-la-pura-vida/|date=30 March 2011|website=Eric Kim}}{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-16|title=On the Red Couch with Photographer/LPV Show Host Bryan Formhals|url=https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/on-the-red-couch-with-photographerlpv-show-host-bryan-formhals|date=15 January 2016|website=Flipboard}} This resulted in the series Genesee Ave.{{cite web|first1=Rosecrans|last1=Baldwin|date=6 January 2014|access-date=2020-08-16|title=Waiting for an Intervention|url=https://themorningnews.org/gallery/waiting-for-an-intervention|website=The Morning News (online magazine)}} In 2009 he moved east to New York City, first to Greenpoint, Brooklyn and then in 2012 to Astoria, Queens.
In 2010 Wired highlighted Formhals as one of its "Favorite Photobloggers" for his blog La Pura Vida.{{cite news|first1=Pete|last1=Brook|access-date=2020-08-15|title=Get to Know Our Favorite Photobloggers|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/11/favorite-photobloggers/|newspaper=Wired|date=10 November 2010|issn=1059-1028}} He founded and was managing editor of LPV Magazine,{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-15|title=LPV Magazine – curated photo exhibit coming to your mailbox|url=https://www.theartblog.org/2011/05/lpv-magazine-curated-photo-exhibit-coming-to-your-mailbox/|date=29 May 2011|website=Artblog}}{{cite news|access-date=2020-08-15|title=10 Photographers You Should Ignore|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/03/10-photographers-you-should-ignore/|newspaper=Wired|date=29 March 2012|issn=1059-1028}} curating documentary and fine-art photography{{cite news|first1=Amy|last1=Lombard|access-date=2020-08-15|title=The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013|url=https://techland.time.com/2013/03/25/140-best-twitter-feeds-of-2013/slide/lpv-magazine/|newspaper=Time|date=20 March 2013|issn=0040-781X}} in print for 7 issues between 2011 and 2013 and on the web. Time included Formhals' LPV Magazine Twitter feed in its "140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013". In 2015/2016 he was host and co-creator, with Tom Starkweather and Eddy Vallante, of The LPV Show,{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-15|title=Listen To Me and LPV Natter about Prisons, Photo and Peter Van Agtmael's Book-Genius-ness|url=https://prisonphotography.org/2015/03/13/listen-to-me-and-lpv-natter-about-prisons-photo-and-peter-van-agtmaels-book-genius-ness/|date=13 March 2015|website=prisonphotography.org}} a conversational podcast about photography books. LPV Show guests included Khalik Allah, Mathieu Asselin, Richard Bram, Noah Kalina, Susan Meiselas, Greg Miller, Elle Pérez, Gus Powell, Ken Schles and Rachel Sussman.{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-16|title=The LPV Show|url=https://soundcloud.com/lpvshow|website=SoundCloud}} In 2014, Formhals and Stephen McLaren co-edited Photographers' Sketchbooks, described in The Independent as a "meticulously researched book [that] offers a fascinating insight into the work and methods of more than 50 photographers."{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-15|title=Books of the year 2014: The best photography books|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/books-of-the-year-2014-the-best-photography-books-9936821.html|date=20 December 2014|website=The Independent}}
Formhals is currently focused on "walking, pedestrian infrastructure, and urban greenery" in New York City through photography, a weekly newsletter, and a conversational podcast made with Starkweather called Way of the Walk.{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-16|title=Bryan Formhals|url=https://www.bryanformhals.com|website=Bryan Formhals}}
He has earned a living as content strategist and managing the social media team at B&H Photo, and as senior content marketing manager at Shutterstock{{cite web|first1=Bryan|last1=Formhals|access-date=2020-08-15|title=Bryan Formhals, Author at The Shutterstock Blog|url=https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/author/bryan-formhals}} and Adorama.{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-15|title=Bryan Formhals|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e94dfd3ea41e51dc725972a/t/5ef0f75a5a8f70668176c6a6/1592850266491/Bryan_Formhals_resume.pdf|website=Bryan Formhals}}
Publications edited by Formhals
- Photographers' Sketchbooks. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2014. Co-edited and with essays by Formhals and Stephen McLaren. {{ISBN|978-0500544341}}.{{cite news|access-date=2020-08-15|title=The best coffee table books out now|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/photography/what-to-see/the-best-photography-books-out-now/|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=22 July 2015|issn=0307-1235}}{{cite journal |date= December 2014|title=Mixed Media |url=https://issuu.com/thinkpublishing/docs/the_rps_journal_december_2014 |journal=The RPS Journal |volume=154 |pages=753 |access-date=2020-08-15}}
Exhibitions
- Common Ground: New American Street Photography, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, February–March 2013;{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-15|title=Common Ground – New Orleans Photo Alliance Takes It to the Street with five photographers|url=https://www.theartblog.org/2013/02/common-ground-new-orleans-photo-alliance-takes-it-to-the-street-with-five-photographers/|date=21 February 2013|website=Artblog}} drkrm, Los Angeles, July 2013.{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-15|title=Common Ground: New American Street Photography at drkrm|url=http://lenscratch.com/2013/07/common-ground-new-american-street/|date=8 July 2013|website=lenscratch.com}}{{cite web|access-date=2020-08-15|title=Common Ground: New American Street Photography|url=http://www.drkrm.com/common_ground.html|website=www.drkrm.com}} Curated by Stephen McLaren. With work by Blake Andrews, Richard Bram, Formhals, Chuck Patch and Jack Simon.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.bryanformhals.com}}
- [http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2019/08/q-with-bryan-formhals.html "Q & A with Bryan Formhals"] by Blake Andrews
- [https://www.booooooom.com/2010/02/04/photographer-bryan-formhals/ Photographs made by Formhals in Brooklyn, New York] at Booooooom
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Category:21st-century American photographers
Category:Artists from Minnesota