Jason Fulford
Jason Fulford (born 1973)[1] is an American photographer, publisher[2] and educator,[3] based in Brooklyn, New York City.[4]
The primary format for Fulford's own photography is the book, which include Sunbird (2000), Crushed (2003), Raising Frogs For $$$ (2006), The Mushroom Collector (2010), Hotel Oracle (2013),[5] Contains: 3 Books (2016),[6] The Medium is a Mess (2018), and Clayton's Ascent (2018).[7] He has had a solo exhibition at Minneapolis Institute of Art[8] and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.[9]
Fulford is co-founder of J&L Books,[10] where he is publisher, editor and book designer.[11] He works as a photographer and has lectured at various universities.[11][3]
Life and work
In 2000, Fulford and Leanne Shapton founded the non-profit publisher J&L Books.[9][10]
He is based in Brooklyn, New York City,[4] and married to Tamara Shopsin.[12][13]
Fulford's photographs have been featured in The Atlantic,[14] Harper's,[15] The New Yorker,[16][17][18][19] The New York Times,[20] The New York Times Magazine,[21][22][23] and Topic.[24]
Publications
Publications of photographs by Fulford
- Sunbird. Atlanta, GA: Bird Entertainment, 2000. With text by Adam Gilders. ISBN 9780970165602.
- Crushed. Atlanta, GA: J&L, 2003. ISBN 9780970165671.
- Raising Frogs For $$. Los Angeles, CA: The Ice Plant, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9776481-1-5.
- The Mushroom Collector. Amsterdam: Soon, 2010. Edited by Lorenzo De Rita. ISBN 9789081058421.
- Notes on Fulford's Raising Frogs For $$. Los Angeles, CA: The Ice Plant, 2011. ISBN 9780982365359.
- Hotel Oracle. Edited by Lorenzo De Rita.
- Contains: 3 Books. Amsterdam: The Soon Institute, 2016. Three volumes in a box, Mild Moderate Severe Profound, I Am Napoleon and &&. Edited by Lorenzo De Rita. ISBN 9789081058476.
- The Medium is a Mess. Reggio Emilia: Studio Blanco, 2018. Edition of 500 copies.[7]
- Clayton's Ascent. TBW Subscription Series 6, Book 2. Oakland, CA: TBW, 2018. ISBN 978-1-942953-33-3. Fulford, Guido Guidi, Gregory Halpern, and Viviane Sassen each had one book in a set of four. Edition of 1000 copies.
- Picture Summer On Kodak Film. London: Mack, 2020. ISBN 978-1-912339-74-7.
Publications about art for young readers
- This Equals That. New York: Aperture, 2014. With Tamara Shopsin. ISBN 978-1-59711-288-8.[25]
- Find Colors. London: Phaidon, 2018. With Shopsin, in partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art. ISBN 978-0714876597.
- These Colors Are Bananas. London: Phaidon, 2018. With Shopsin, in partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art. ISBN 978-0714876603.
- A Pile of Leaves. London: Phaidon, 2018. With Shopsin, in partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art. ISBN 978-0714877204.
- Art This Way. London: Phaidon, 2018. With Shopsin, in partnership with the Whitney Museum of American Art. ISBN 978-0714877211.
Publications edited by Fulford
- The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas. New York: Aperture, 2014. ISBN 978-1-59711-247-5. Edited by Fulford and Gregory Halpern.
- Good 70s. Atlanta/New York: J&L/D.A.P., 2015. ISBN 978-0-9895311-4-6. By Mike Mandel with text by Sandra Phillips. Edited by Fulford and Sharon Gallagher.
- Where To Score. Atlanta/San Francisco: J&L/Kadist, 2018. ISBN 978-0999365519. Edited by Fulford and Jordan Stein.
- Der Greif. Issue #11. Munich: Der Greif, 2018. ISSN 2191-4524. Edited by Fulford.
Publications with contributions by Fulford
- Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. By Kenny Shopsin and Carolynn Carreño. ISBN 978-0307264930. Photographs by Fulford and Tamara Shopsin. Foreword by Calvin Trillin.
- Brooks Headley's Fancy Desserts. New York: W. W. Norton, 2014. By Brooks Headley. ISBN 978-0393241075. Photographs and design by Fulford and Tamara Shopsin.
- Paper Airplanes: The Collections of Harry Smith, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I. Atlanta/New York: J&L/Anthology Film Archives, 2015. ISBN 978-0989531139. Edited by John Klacsmann and Andrew Lampert. Photographs by Fulford.
- String Figures: The Collections of Harry Smith, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume I. Atlanta/New York: J&L/Anthology Film Archives, 2015. ISBN 978-0989531160. Edited by John Klacsmann and Andrew Lampert. Photographs by Fulford.
- Bruce Conner Brass Handles. Atlanta, GA: J&L, 2016. ISBN 978-0989531184. By Will Brown with text by Jean Conner. Photographs by Fulford.
- All About Eggs. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2017. By Rachel Khong and the editors of Lucky Peach. ISBN 978-0804187756. Photographs and design by Fulford and Tamara Shopsin.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- New Pictures 5: Jason Fulford, The Mushroom Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, October 2011 – April 2012. Photographs, publications, sculptures (involving the museum's permanent collection), and performances.[8]
- Mushroom Machine, San Francisco, CA, Kadist, May 2012.[26]
- Harry Smith's Paper Airplanes, SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA, May–August 2016.[27]
- High Anxiety, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, February–March 2017.[28]
- Fake Newsroom, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA, April 2017. With Jim Goldberg and Dru Donovan.[29][30]
Group exhibitions or during festivals
- Where There's Smoke, San Francisco, Fraenkel Gallery, July–August 2014. With Ruth Van Beek, Michael Lundgren and Viviane Sassen, Curated by Darius Himes.[31]
- Hotel Oracle, Krakow Photomonth, Krakow, Poland, 2014.[32][33]
- Begin Anywhere: Paths of Mentorship and Collaboration, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, September–October 2017. Collaboration between Amanda Boe, McNair Evans, Kevin Kunishi, Fulford, Todd Hido, Mark Mahaney, Mike Smith, and Alec Soth.[34][35]
- The Mushroom Collection, Photo España, Madrid, 2018, Curated by Cristina De Middel.[3]
Awards
See also
- Shopsin's – a diner in New York City whose chef/owner, Kenny Shopsin, is Tamara Shopsin's father
References
- "This Equals That By Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin". Aperture Foundation. Accessed 1 April 2018.
- "Jason Fulford". Pier 24. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- "Q&A: Jason Fulford, photographer, book-maker, and educator". British Journal of Photography. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Gorce, Tammy La (2018-03-16). "How Tamara Shopsin, Illustrator and Part-Time Cook, Spends Her Sundays". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- "Jason Fulford at MiCamera". Vogue.it. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- "Jason Fulford can't be contained". Aperture Foundation NY. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- "Interview with Jason Fulford". FK. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- "NP5 – Jason Fulford". Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Accessed 2 April 2018.
- "Jason Fulford". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- Castoro, Rocco (4 August 2011). "An Interview with Jason Fulford". Vice. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- Bardelli Nonino, Chiara. "Jason Fulford at MiCamera". Vogue Italia. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- La Gorce, Tammy (16 March 2018). "How Tamara Shopsin, Illustrator and Part-Time Cook, Spends Her Sundays". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- Anastas, Benjamin (22 March 2013). "A Feast for the Senses: 'Mumbai New York Scranton,' by Tamara Shopsin". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- Quinones, Sam (May 2019). "Physicians Get Addicted Too". The Atlantic. ISSN 1072-7825. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- "Jason Fulford | Harper's Magazine". Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Schama, Simon (2018-08-27). "Treasures from the Color Archive". The New Yorker (Serial). ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Crouch, Ian (2017-03-30). "Remembering Ed Whitlock, the Marathoner Who Was Still Breaking Records at Eighty-Five". The New Yorker (Serial). ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- DenHoed, Andrea; Fulford, Jason (2015-09-28). "The Paper Planes of New York". The New Yorker (Serial). ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Chiasson, Dan (2019-04-22). "The Man Who Built the Bauhaus". The New Yorker (Serial). ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Shopsin, Tamara; Fulford, Jason (2015-03-13). "Visiting Le Corbusier's Grave". Opinionator. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Wells, Pete (2010-09-14). "Food - Prep Work". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Wells, Pete (2010-04-28). "Cooking with Dexter - Nut Allergies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Wells, Pete (2009-09-30). "Pretending That McDonald's Doesn't Exist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- "A Dream Called Epcot". Topic. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Russo, Maria (2014-11-12). "Ways of Seeing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- "Jason Fulford's Mushroom Machine – Kadist". Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- "Harry Smith's Paper Airplane Collection | SFO Museum". www.sfomuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- "Jason Fulford: High Anxiety: 9 Feb 2017 – 25 Mar 2017". Fraenkel Gallery. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- Cotton, Charlotte. "Charlotte Cotton's Best of 2017". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "Fake Newsroom". Minnesota Street Project. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "Where There's Smoke". Fraenkel Gallery. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- Powell, Jim (7 June 2014). "Krakow Photomonth - in pictures". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- "A tour of Krakow Photography Festival". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- Whiting, Sam (30 August 2017). "A photographic chain of inspiration as mentors' work influences mentees". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "Begin Anywhere: Paths of Mentorship and Collaboration". SF Camerawork. Retrieved 2 April 2018.