Education:
1983: BFA: Massachusetts College of Art + Design: Major SIM (Studio for Inter-Related Media)
Solo Shows:
March 2023: Lynnfield Public Library, Lynnfield, MA. The Art of the Automobile
2019: Griffin Museum of Photography: The County Fair
2018: Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY: Road Paint
2017: Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain Branch, MA: Road Paint
2017: Catamount Arts: Ranson Gallery: All Roads Lead Home
Upcoming: April 2023: Bolton Public Library, Bolton, MA: The Art of the Automobile
Upcoming: May-July 2023: Bedford Public Library, Bedford, MA: The Art of the Automobile
Upcoming: August 2023: Lincoln Public Library, Lincoln, MA: The Art of the Automobile
Upcoming: September 2023: Weston Public Library, Weston, MA: The Art of the Automobile
Upcoming: September 2023: Andover Public Library: Andover, MA: The Art of the Automobile
Upcoming: October-Jan 2024: Carlisle Public Library, Carlisle, MA: The Art of the Automobile
Upcoming: November 2023: Hingham Public Library, Hingham, MA: The Art of the Automobile
Upcoming: December 2023: Newton Free Library, Newton, MA: The Art of the Automobile
Group Shows
2023
9th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition: Juried group show, Juror, Todd Tubutis, director, Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV: 2 Photographs selected
2022
Griffin Museum of Photography: Winter Solstice, Members Group Show.
Forged in Isolation: Juried exhibition: Boston, MA: Surface Tensions, Boston Public Library
23rd Annual Roddy Open Competition: Concord Art: Juror: Shana Dumont-Garr: Winner: Cash Roddy Excellence Award: Image: Rock at Lucy Vincent Beach
Urban 2022 Photo Awards: Trieste, Italy: Image: Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park
Boundaries: Peoples Choice Award: Juried group show, 6 Bridges Gallery: Landscapes Obscured:
Love That Dirty Water: The Speedway Gallery, Boston: Juried group show: Skateboard Park: Good to the Last Drop
2021
Once Upon a Time: Griffin Museum of Photography: December 2021-February 2022
‘Thoughts Produce Noise’, Belmont Hill School: Oct 6th – Nov 14, 2021
FAVA Juried Biennial Photography Show 2021: Juror: Barbara Tannenbaum: Curator of Photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 3 photographs selected: Private Faces / Public Spaces: 8/14/21 thru 10-31-21
Tales of the Unwritten: Fall 2021: A Tribute to Street Photography: Trieste, Italy
The 2021 Frances Roddy Open Competition: Concord Art: Juror, Sam Adams- Two photographs selected for the exhibition with ‘Surface Tensions’ awarded the prestigious Roddy Excellence Award. Sept 23rd- Oct 24, 2021
Griffin Museum’s 27th Juried Exhibition: Juror, Arnika Dawkins: Wall of Windows: Honorable Mention
The Passage of Time: Moakley Federal Court House: 5- Images: Altered States
2021 National Prize Show: Cambridge Art Association: Juror: Alice Gray Sites: Image: Leaving
Collective Consciousness, Beacon Street Gallery: April -July
The Future is Many Colors, Moakley Federal Court House: January 2021-March 2021:
Goodbye 2020: Virtual Juried Group Show: City of Boston Arts and Culture: 3 Images: Surface Tensions
You and Me, Arlington Center for the Arts: March 5- April 2, 2021: Abstract
2020:
Art Through the Lens 2020: Paducah, Kentucky: Surface Tensions
Frances Roddy Open Competition: Concord Art: Surface Tensions
Array Contemporary: AC5: ‘Surface Tensions’: 5 Images
Mary Schein Fall Salon Cambridge Art Association: ‘Wired’
Area Code Art Fair: (Main Section) ‘Surface Tensions’ https://www.areacodeartfair.com/edson
Beacon Gallery: SOWA: 2-Person Photography Show: Curated by Christine O’Donnell
Members Prize Show: Cambridge Artist Association: Road Paint: Curated by J Roscio
‘Dynamic Lenses’: Galatea Fine Art: Group Photography Show:
‘Architecture of Time’ BSA Space: Juried Group Show: 2 Images Selected
‘Broken Beauty’ Juried Group Show Cambridge Artists Association
‘Winter Solstice’, Members Show: Griffin Museum of Photography
2019:
Photographic Resource Center, Members Show: Altered States
Cambridge Art Association: 2019 Mary Schein Fall Salon: Jurors Award: Altered States
7th International Call: Group Juried Show: RI Center for Photographic Arts: Oceans Edge 01 and 04
Landscapes and Seascapes, Juried Group Show: 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC: Oceans Edge
Dusk to Dawn: Juried Show: NY Center for Photographic Art: Honorable Mention: The County Fair
Davis Orton Gallery, 5th Annual Group Show: Hudson, NY: Oceans Edge
New England Collective X: Galatea Juried Show: Galatea Fine Art Gallery, Boston, Ma: Oceans Edge
Krasdale Galleries: West Harrison, NY. 5-photographs selected
2019 National Prize Group Show, Cambridge Art Association: Road Paint
Month of Photography, Los Angeles: 2- photographs from 1970’s B&W Portraits:
12th Annual Gala Awards Show, Group Show: Barcelona, Spain: The County Fair
Photoworks 2019, Group Juried Show: Barret Art Center, Juror James Ganz, Senior Curator of Photography of the J Paul Getty Museum, LA
2018:
Group Juried Show: Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY
Secret Gardens, Group Juried Show: Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2017:
ArtsConnect, Juried Show, Catamount Arts, St Johnsbury, VT: Selected: Gallery Prize
Juried Group Show: SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
2016:
Art Now: New Directions in Contemporary Photography, Juried Show, Ann Arbor Art Center
6 Bridges Gallery, Juried Group Exhibition: Maynard, MA,
F22 Juried Group Exhibition, Del Rio Council for the Arts, Del Rio, TX
Danforth Art Annual, Danforth Museum of Art: Juried Group Exhibition, Framingham, MA
5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Sohn Fine Art Gallery, Lenox, MA
The Fence: 6 images chosen for Brooklyn, NY, Houston, TX & Atlanta, GA
Danforth Art Annual, Danforth Museum of Art: Juried Group Exhibition, Framingham, MA
Publications:
2022: Boston Globe: Art Review by Mark Feeney on Winter Solstice show at the Griffin Museum of Photography
2022: Noice Magazine: 1980s Color photography by Steven Edson
2021: Issue 20/Incandescent Magazine
2021: The Eye of Photography, Profile, Street Photography, Oct. 23rd, 2021
https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/steven-edson-sdf/?ct=t%28Newsletter+EN+10232021%29
2021: Everything is Narrative, Anthology of Contemporary Photography, Published by SubjectivelyObjective
2021: Tales of the Unwritten: A tribute to Street Photography Published by dotART / Book and Exhibit in Trieste, Italy
2020: Women Art Dealers Blog: https://womenartdealers.org/beacon-gallery-presents-perception-abstraction/
2018: Eye of Photography Profile on my series ‘The County Fair’ photographs.
2018: Huck Magazine: Interview and photo essay on my 1970s B&W photography of NYC
2018: Boston Voyager: Bostonvoyager.com: Interview and photos
2018: The Weather Channel- US Climate Change: Humarock, MA
2017: Chronagram: December 2017 Issue: Road Paint Photograph: Arts & Culture Section
2017: Seven Days: Art Review: Road Paint: Arts Connect at Catamount Arts Juried Show
2017: Social Documentary Network: Political protest images in Boston selected for online edition.
2016: CNN Online: Article and Interview about my ‘Art of the Automobile series of photographs.
2016: Adore Noir: Article and interview on my 1970’s series of Black and White images.
2016: F11 Magazine: 4/16: Article and interview on my ‘Road Paint’ and ‘Art of the Automobile’ series.
2016: Fah Thai Magazine, Profile w/ 2-page spread, Bangkok, Thailand
2016: Yankee Magazine 2016 Sept/Oct Issue: Vermont Covered Bridge
2007: Focus Magazine: 2007 Guide to Collecting Photography
Awards:
2021: Communication Arts 2021 Photography Annual: Institutional Category: Surface Tensions
2020: 15th Annual B+W Spider Awards: ‘Chairs’ 2nd Place, Merit of Excellence in Abstract category
2020: Vienna International 2020 Photo Awards: Honorable Mention: Inverse Relationships
2020: 14th Annual B&W Spider Awards: Honorable Mention for 5 images in multiple categories.
2019: International Color Awards: Nominee / People / County Fair
2019: 12th Annual Pollux Awards: Winner / Series: People & Daily Life Category
2018: 13th Annual B&W Spider Awards: 3-Honorable Mentions / 4-Nominee
2018: Communication Arts 2018 Photography Annual: Institutional Category
2018: Honorable Mention: Americana: The County Fair ; International Color Awards
2018: Winner: Black & White Spider Awards: Architecture
2017: Gold Medal Winner: Graphis Photography Annual 2017, ‘Art of the Automobile’ series
2017: 2nd Place Award, ArtsConnect at Catamount Arts 2nd Annual Juried Show 2017,
2017: Honorable Mention: Architecture: B&W Spider Awards
2016: Gallery Award: 6 Bridges Gallery, Juried Group Exhibition:
2013: Grand Prize Winner, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
2004: 45th Communication Arts Photography Annual: Editorial Category
Talks / Juror / Workshops
2021: Photographic Resource Center/Boston: Talk and presentation on Travel Photography
2018: Social Documentary Network: Talk and visual presentation: Boston Political Protests
2018: Boston Camera Club Print Exhibition, Juror
2017: Catamount Arts, Public talk about my images in ‘All Roads Lead Home’
2017: Boston Public Library, Main Branch: Public talk about my work as a documentary storyteller.
Recent Acquisitions: Personal Collections:
Road Paint: 20” x 13” Dye sublimation on aluminum: Boston, MA
The Art of the Automobile: 40” x 26” Archival pigment print: Ferrari 458 Speciale, Providence, RI
The Art of the Automobile: 40” x 26” Archival pigment print: 1951 Mercury Sport, Wellesley, MA
The County Fair: The County Fair: 20” x 13” Archival pigment print: Yellow Balloons, Dover, MA
Inverted Relationships: 20” x 13” Archival pigment print: Boston, MA
Harvard University: 15” x 9.5” 2-Archival pigment prints: Portfolio, Concord, MA
Harvard University: 15” x 9.5” Archival pigment print: Harvard University Portfolio, Missoula, MT
Corporate Collections:
Sales:
LMP: Leggat McCall Properties: 40” x 26” Dye sublimation: Road Paint
Rockefeller Properties: NYC: 4 – 30” x 20” Archival pigment prints
Member:
Griffin Museum of Photography
Photographic Resource Center
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Cambridge Artist Association
Fort Point Arts Community
Work History: 1983 – 2021
Freelance commercial photographer for regional, national, and international marketing and communications projects for advertising agencies, design firms, corporations, and editorial publications. My images have appeared in international advertising campaigns, newspaper ads, websites, annual reports, and magazines as well as my work as a director, cameraman, executive producer on multiple complex video projects.
Clients:
Accenture, Analog Devices, Anika Therapeutics, Bessemer Trust, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston Globe, Boston Museum of Science, Boston Private Bank and Trust, Champion Sportswear, CNN, Eastman Kodak, EMC, Fuji Film, Harvard Business Review, Harvard University, Hitachi, Inside Edition, Macy’s, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mexico Tourism, Monitor Deloitte, New Balance, New York Life, Oprah Magazine, Reed Elsevier, Sotheby Parke Bernet International Realty, Suffolk University, Travel and Leisure, The Weather Channel, Yankee Magazine among others.