Bio
Jordan Putt is a photographer whose work responds to issues of place, identity, and community. He earned a BA in Psychology from Northern Arizona University in 2014, and an MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2020. His work has been exhibited in the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson; Filter Space, Chicago; House of Lucie, Los Angeles; and Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago; among others. He was a 2022 recipient of the Research and Development Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and a 2023 finalist for the Lucie Photo Book Prize. Previously Jordan has held positions at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago and the Sir Elton John Photography Collection. Jordan is currently based in Atlanta, GA, where he is a Visiting Lecturer of Photography at Georgia State University.
Contact
Currently based in Atlanta, GA.
For all editorial, commercial, or print inquiries, please contact: Jordankputt@gmail.com
CV
Education
2020 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Columbia College Chicago
Thesis Advisors: Paul D’Amato and Dawoud Bey
2014 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ
Minors: Photography and Spanish
Solo Exhibition
2025 In Search of Giants, Filter Space, Chicago IL, January 10 - February 22nd
2019 Field Book, C33 Gallery Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL, October 2 - October 30
Monographs
2025 Field Book, Composit Press, (Corvallis, Oregon)
Grants/Residencies/Awards
2023-2025 Artist-In-Studio Residency, The Creatives Project, Atlanta, GA
2023 Finalist, Lucie Photobook Prize, Prototype/Proposal Category
2022 New Works Grant, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern AZ
2022 Research and development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
2021 Project Creosote stART to Heal Grant, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern AZ
2020 Finalist, Dorothea Lange - Paul Taylor Award, Duke Center for Documentary Studies
2020 Honorable Mention, PHMuseum 2020 Grant, Photographic Museum of Humanity
2020 Albert P. Weisman Award, Columbia College Chicago
2019 Lya Dym Rosenblum Grant, Columbia College Chicago
2019 Short List, Lucie Foundation Photo Made Scholarship
2019 Anderson Ranch Arts Center Award, Columbia College Chicago
2018 Lya Dym Rosenblum Grant, Columbia College Chicago
2018 Graduate Full-Tuition Fellowship, Columbia College Chicago
2017 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
Collections
2023 Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Books, Zines and Catalogs
2025 New South, Volume II: Double Vision, Atlanta Center for Photography
2025 In Pursuit of Parakeets, Jordan Putt, Twelfth Floor Press
2024 Business Trip: Pictures from Downtown Chicago, By Michael Gerstein, J. Daniel Hud, Jack McKinney, Ludvig Peres, and Jordan Putt, Twelfth Floor Press
2019 JRNL Issue 3 Winter 2020, Fotofilmic, Editor: Joanna Milter, Dec 18, 2019, Link
2018 “Issue Fourteen,” Incandescent A Color Film Zine, August 2018
Group Exhibitions
2025 Faculty Triennial 25, Welch School Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2025 Uncommon Thread: TCP Graduation Show, The Goat Farm, Atlanta GA
2023 Back on the Shelf, Filter Photo Space, Chicago, Illinois, Juror: Paul D’Amato, Honorable Mention: Field Book
2021 Ground Floor Biennial, Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, IL, Curators: Dawoud Bey, Bethany Collins, Kelli Connell, Brendan Fernandes, Kate Sierzputowski, Sheridan Tucker Anderson, and Allison Peters Quinn
2020 Representing the West: A New Frontier, Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center, Pueblo, CO
2019 The Qualities of Light: A View From The Archive, The Center For Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ, Juror: Rebecca Senf
2019 On the Block, House of Lucie, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Alexandra Hedison, Michael Hawley, and Shelley DeSoto
2019 SPE Midwest Student/Member Exhibition, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Brook Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Juror: Alejandro Cartagena
2019 The Universal, Filter Photo Space, Chicago, IL, Juror: Gregory Harris
2019 Context 2019, Filter Photo Space, Chicago, IL, Juror: Ariel Pate
2019 Lens 2019, Perspective Gallery, Chicago, IL, Juror: Natasha Egan
2018 Arizona Biennial 2018, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Juror: Rebecca Hart
2018 Summer 2018 Show, The Curated Fridge, Napa, California, Juror: Ann Jastrab
Press
2025 “Eclectic Exploration: A Review of “In Search of Giants” by Jordan Putt at Filter Space” New City Magazine, February 4, 2025, Link
2023 “Photographer Jordan Putt uses the camera to understand position in place and community” City Lights at WABE, December 5, 2023, Link
2021 “Life on the Periphery of Rapid Urban Expansion” Phmuseum.com, Written by Laurence Cornet, March 24, 2021. Link
2020 “The Risk Universities Can’t Not Take,” The Atlantic, Written by Charles Fishman, Edited by Emily Jan, October 1, 2020, Link
2020 ““Field Book” by Photographer Jordan Putt,” Booooooom.com, April 04, 2020, Link
2019 “Jordan Putt,” Aint-Bad, August 22, 2019, Link
2019 “Jordan Putt Meditates to find a connection between human beings and territory,” C41 Magazine, April 29, 2019, Link
2019 “FotoFirst - Jordan Putt Creates Work Inspired by His Job as a Land Surveyor,” Fotoroom, April 24, 2019, Link
Panels and Lectures
2026 (Upcoming) The Blue of Distance, SPE National Conference
Presentors: Kelli Connell and Jordan Putt
2020 Photos At Zoom: Approaches to Documentary
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Lecturer: Jordan Putt, Link
2020 Photos At Zoom: Landscape and Place
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Lecturer: Jordan Putt, Link
2020 Behind The Lens: Mark Klett
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Moderator: Jordan Putt, Link
2019 “The City, Unfolding on Foot,” Columbia College Chicago,
Panelists: Jordan Putt, Levi Shand, Dylan Yarbrough
Guest Respondent: Clarissa Bonet
Teaching
2024-2026 Visiting Lecturer, Photography, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2022-2024 Part Time Instructor, Photography, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Collections Work
2023-2024 Assistant to the Director, Sir Elton John Photography Collection, Atlanta GA/London, UK
2018-2020 Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL