Ryan Spencer Reed

Ryan Spencer Reed
Born	1979 Ludington, MI USA
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Calvin College B.A. 2002
Occupation	Photographer
Employer	Freelancer
Website	www.ryanspencerreed.com

Ryan Spencer Reed (born 1979) is an American social documentary photographer. He has worked in central and east Africa in the capacity of a photojournalist covering the Sudanese Diaspora since 2002.^[1] After returning from covering the War in Darfur, in late summer 2004, he and his work have moved about North America to universities in the form of traveling exhibitions and lectures. They have become the driving force, and ultimately the cultural backdrop, for broader symposiums designed to grapple with the issues facing the Sudanese people. The Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation awarded him with the Documentary Photography Project's Distribution Grant in 2006.^[2][3] While exhibiting and speaking internationally on the subject of Sudan, Reed has photographed extensively on the hubris of power amidst the twilight of the American industrial revolution, which is touring in exhibition form. Since Spring of 2012,^[4] Reed took on a long-term project on the modern incarnation of the Band of Brothers: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne through training and a deployment to Afghanistan. This work was unveiled in its entirety at the Grand Rapids Art Museum in the Fall of 2014. The work aims to catalyze a dialogue on the dissonance between the myths and realities of war.^[5]

Group exhibitions

New York Historical Society, New York, NY[6][7][8] Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL[9] Jewish Museum Berlin, GERMANY[10] United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington DC[11][12] National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA[13][14] Cairo Opera House, Egypt[15] Jardin Du Trocadero, Paris, FRANCE[16] National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo[17] Holocaust Centre, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA[18] George Eastman House, Rochester, NY[19] Ortaköy Peir Square, Istanbul, TURKEY[20] Gare do Oriente’s Main Square, Lisbon, PORTUGAL[21] Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN[22] La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain[23][24] Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, CANADA Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA[25][26][27] Centro Internazionale de Fotografia (FORMA), Milan, ITALY[28] International Center of Photography, New York, NY[29]

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, CANADA[30][31] Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI[32][33] Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, SPAIN[34] City Museum of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SLOVENIJA[35] Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA[36] Ban Jelačić Square, Zagreb, CROATIA[37] Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID[38] Schouwburg Cultural Center, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS Stockholm International Fairs, SWEDEN University of the Witwatersrand, Senate House, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA University of South Africa, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA Brown University List Art Center, Providence, RI[39] Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI[40] Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, AZ Spertus Institute, Chicago, IL[41] Galerie Mirchandani+Steinruecke, India[42] Ana Tzarev Gallery, New York[43] The LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hanover, GERMANY[44]

Solo exhibitions

Harvard Law School, Massachusetts[45] Michigan State University College of Law, Michigan[46] Northwestern University, Illinois;[47][48] Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania[49] Kean University, New Jersey;[50][51][52] Temple Sholom Chicago, Illinois [53] University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado[54] Bucknell University, Pennsylvania City Waukegan/Urban Edge Gallery, Illinois[55][56]

Wilkes University, Pennsylvania[57][58][59] Richard App Gallery, Michigan[60] Naples Holocaust Museum, Florida SRI in the Rockies Conference, British Columbia, Canada Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio[61] Calvin College, Michigan[62] Huntington University, Indiana[63][64] Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Michigan[65][66] Grace Presbyterian, Alberta, Canada[67]

Birmingham-Southern College, Alabama[68] Ogden Arts, Utah[69][70] Concordia University, Michigan [71] Dordt College, Iowa[72] Samford University, Tennessee[73] Hope College, Michigan[74][75] Ann Arbor District Library, Michigan[76] Muskegon Community College, Michigan[77][78]

Visiting artist lectures

• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois^[79][80][81]
• Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts^[82][83]
• Glenbow Museum, Alberta Canada^[84][85]
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
• University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan
• Kean University, New Jersey^[86]
• University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont^[87][88]
• Weber State University Convocation, Ogden, Utah^[89]
• King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania^[90]
• Furman University, South Carolina
• Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• University of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois^[91]

In addition to nearly all of the aforementioned solo exhibition venues^[92]

Awards

• Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 2015 World Understanding Award Judges' Special Recognition "Despite Similarities to Reality"^[93]
• Photolucida 2015 Critical Mass Top 50 "Despite Similarities to Reality"^[94]
• Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2015 Finalist and Public Award Winner^[95]
• Freedom to Create Prize, "Sudan: The Cost of Silence^[96]
• Open Society Foundations & Soros Foundation Documentary Photography Project Distribution Grant, "Sudan: The Cost of Silence"^[97]

Selected publications

• This is Not a Requiem for Detroit Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2011, pp. 124–147.^[98]
• Detroit Forsaken, Ryan Spencer Reed Photo Technique Magazine, March/April 2011.^[99]
• "Darfur/Darfur: Life/War." New York: DK Melcher Media, 2008. ISBN 1-59591-045-X. Reed is one of the eight photographers of this book.^{[100][101][102]}
• Google Earth Mapping Initiatives: Crisis in Darfur Layers. Reed is one of the seven photographers.^[103][104]

References

1. Photographer Biography, Darfur/Darfur
2. The Open Society Institute & Soros Foundations Network, Documentary Photography Project 2006 Distribution Grant Recipient
3. OSI Distribution Grant Winners Announced
4. Kickstarter Campaign March 4, 2015
5. Pictures of the Year International (POYi) World Understanding Award Judges' Special Recognition "Despite Similarities to Reality" March 4, 2015
6. Images of Darfur, on Central Park West. by Sewell Chan The New York Times October 18, 2007
7. New York Historical Society: What's New
8. New York Historical Society: Exhibitions and Collections
9. Introduction to Cultural Studies. Columbia College. October 5, 2007
10. Before the Eyes of the World Jewish Museum Berlin March 15, 2007
11. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Our Walls Bear Witness, Darfur: Who Will Survive Today
12. Nathan Guttman The Jewish Daily Forward November 24, 2006
13. National Constitution Center Press Release July 12, 2007
14. Constitution Center facades display anguish of Darfur. International Herald Tribune. July 25, 2007
15. Freedom to Create Prize Exhibition
16. Summary and images of the installation
18. Past Event - Witnessing Darfur
19. George Eastman House Past Exhibitions
20. Turkish Daily News June 29, 2007
21. RPT December 3, 2007
22. Guthrie reading of In Darfur promises a powerful play
23. La Casa Encendida de Obra Social Caja Madrid February 25, 2009
24. UNHCR Press Release February 2009
25. Darfur Comes to ICA/Boston September 7, 2007
26. ICA Press Release August 16, 2007
27. The ICA Presents September 7, 2007
28. FORMA Exhibition Archives July 3, 2007
29. Darfur/Darfur Press Release September 2007
30. Toronto International Film Festival Films & Schedules
31. Royal Ontario Museum Press Release September 8, 2007
32. ArtPrize 2014 venue review: Grand Rapids Art Museum enters '|Dis|Comfort Zones' March 4, 2015
33. Grand Rapids Art Museum ArtPrize 2014 Exhibition '|Dis|Comfort Zones' March 4, 2015
34. Darfur/Darfur archives
35. Darfur/Darfur archives
36. Eddie Adams Workshop Alumni
37. Opening of exhibition February 21, 2008
38. Sun Valley Center - Exhibitions
39. Brown University Media Relations January 17, 2007
40. WDET Event: Art & Museum Exhibits October 22, 2007
41. Darfur/Darfur Press Release
42. Freedom to Create Prize Exhibition
43. Freedom to Create Prize Exhibition
44. Lumix Festival Exhibitions March 5, 2015
45. THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW: Effecting Change at Home and Across the Globe“
46. African Studies Center Events October 17th, 2006
47. Documentary Filmaker's Exhibition Review November 12, 2006
48. Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth
49. The Swarthmore News Swat Sudan Hosts Darfur Conference. November 6, 2007
50. Jewish Studies Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary Kean University Media and Publications.
51. 10 Years - 50 Visiting Scholars Jewish Studies and World Affairs at Kean University
52. Kean University Newspaper Article March 3, 2008
53. Temple Sholom Event. "Social Action Event to Raise Awareness of Genocide in Africa"
54. CU-Boulder's Norlin Library To Host Photo Exhibit On Sudan Crisis January 18, 2007
55. WGNTV Chicago's Very Own. "Suburban photo exhibit honors ‘Those Who Serve’" September 11th, 2015
56. Chicago Tribune. "From Afghanistan to Waukegan: 'Powerful' combat photos lead art series" By Dan Moran September 8th, 2015
57. Electric City.The Cost of Silence brings Sudanese life to Northeast Pa. by Alicia Grega-Pikul. Electric City. January 4, 2007
58. Wilkes University Alumni Magazine. "Sordoni Art Gallery to Feature Work of International Photojournalist" Winter 2006
59. Arts@Wilkes. "Upcoming Exhibit Features Spencer Reed's Detroit Forsaken" February 2012
60. Stellafly Art Review. "Ryan Spencer Reed Opening Reception of Shades of Grandeur" March 16, 2012
61. The Transcript April 19, 2007
62. Calvin Chimes. "Center Art Gallery features Ryan Reed" December 3, 2004
63. Merillat Centre for the Arts. "Photojournalist to Present Exhibit, Lecture" October 31, 2005
64. Forester Lecture Series. Season's Speakers Announced August 17, 2005
65. Jackson Citizen Patriot. "Photos Show Sudan Strife" September 25th, 2006
66. Outside Circle Collective. "Ryan Spencer Reed- Hands Of A Displaced Sudan" October 12th, 2005
67. The Calgary Herald. Valerie Fortney. September 28, 2008
68. James R. Nelson - Visual arts critic for the Birmingham News. January 18, 2009
69. Ogden Arts Presents The Exhibition Sudan: The Cost Of Silence and Ogden's Art Stroll For Darfur September 25, 2007
70. Exhibition Listings in Northern Utah
71. Concordia Exhibitions - Fall 2008
72. Dordt College News. "Justice Matters Events" April 9, 2006
73. The Belltower - Samford University Communications. "Photojournalist Reed to Speak on Darfur Crisis" September 29, 2006
74. Hope College Critical Issues Symposium - Genocide Agenda
75. Hope College News. "Symposium Will Examine Genocide" September 12, 2005
76. Ann Arbor District Library News. "Disturbing Images of Darfur"
77. Muskegon Community College News. "Global Awareness Festival Focuses on Africa" February 1, 2014
78. Muskegon Community College News. "Final Week for Sudan Photo Exhibit" February 10, 2014
79. DARFUR: IMAGERY AND REALITY SYMPOSIUM. James Simpson Theater, Field Museum. October 8, 2007
80. DARFUR: Imagery and Reality October 8th, 2007
81. Field Museum Audience Testimonial. October 9, 2007
82. Sudanese Online. December 4, 2005
83. Darfur December Conference
84. Alberta Global Forum - University of Calgary
85. Image of the talk
86. Kean University Program in Jewish Studies and World Affairs January, 2009
87. Full Slate Planned for Earth Week. UVM The View. April 19th, 2006
88. Genocide Education Speakers Series. April 20, 2006
89. Ogden Arts Presents September 27, 2007
90. WVIA - Public Broadcasting
91. UIS program will examine the crisis in Sudan UIS News Bureau October 31, 2008
92. Photographer's Curriculum Vitae
93. Pictures of the Year International (POYi) World Understanding Award Judges' Special Recognition "Despite Similarities to Reality" March 4, 2015
94. Photolucida 2015 Critical Mass Top 50 "Despite Similarities to Reality" November 30, 2015
95. "DESPITE SIMILARITIES TO REALITY Ryan Spencer Reed, United States of America" April 03, 2015
96. Freedom to Create Exhibition March 4, 2015
97. Virginia Quarterly Review 'People' March 4, 2015
98. This is Not a Requiem for Detroit
99. Detroit Forsaken, Ryan Spencer Reed
100. Publisher's book web site
101. Book Press Release
102. Vanity Fair. Picturing Genocide. by Evgenia Peretz. June 18, 2007
103. Mapping Initiatives: Crisis in Darfur Layers
104. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Crisis in Darfur

External links

• Government Operations Committee Testimony on Sudan Divestment- HOUSE BILL No. 4854 July 24, 2007
• Website of Ryan Spencer Reed and The Cost of Silence Exhibitions