Born in New York, 1957
Lives and Works in Westport, CT
EDUCATION
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
EXHIBITIONS
2019
A Witness to Change, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY
Day to Night, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Day to Night, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL
Bird Migration, National Museum of Wildlife Art in the United States, Jackson Hole, WY
Day to Night, Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2018
Day to Night, ProjectB Gallery, Milan, Italy
Day to Night, Fairfield Museum and History Center, Fairfield, CT
Day to Night: In the Field with Stephen Wilkes, National Geographic Museum, Washington, DC
2017
Day to Night, Galerie GADCOLLECTION, Paris, France
Ellis Island Ghosts of Freedom, Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Day to Night, Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York, NY, 2017
Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843-present, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Day to Night, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
2015
Day to Night, Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM
Arts in Embassies: Ottawa, Canada
2014
Day to Night, Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Day to Night, MEKA - Rook & Raven Gallery, London, England
Sink or Swim, Designing for a Sea of Change, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angelos, CA
2013
Bethlehem Steel, ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, Pennsylvania
Rising Waters, Photographs of Hurricane Sandy, Museum of the City of New York, New York
2012
Day to Night, Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM
Forever Young, The Art of Music Photography, Peter Fetterman Gallery
2011
Connecticut Responds & Reflects: 9/11, Fairfield Museum, Fairfield Museum, CT
Day to Night, Clampart Gallery, New York, NY
2010
China, Nu-Art Link Gallery, Wesport, CT
2009
Images, Fairfield Museum, Fairfield, CT
Ellis Island, Steuben Glass Gallery, New York, NY
2008
China, Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM
The Construction of the Olympic Stadium and other Chinese Public Works, ClampArt, New York, NY
China, David Gallery, Los Angelos, CA
Stephen Wilkes, Ellis Island, Chicago Cultural Arts, Chicago, IL
Stephen Wilkes, Ellis Island, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2007
Stephen Wilkes, China, ClampArt, New York
Stephen Wilkes, Ellis Island, ClampArt, New York
2006
Ellis Island Revisited, Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM
Ellis Island Revisited, David Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Bethlehem Steel, Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, NM
2004
Hypertexture, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Ellis Island, Apex Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2002
The Female Form on the Lava Beds of Hawaii, Soho Triad Fine Arts, New York, NY
2001
Ellis Island, Soho Triad Fine ARts, New York, NY
2000
America In Detail, Chicago, New York, Los Angelos and San Francisco
Summer Works, Soho Triad Fine Arts, New York, NY
1992
The Art of Persuasion, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
COLLECTIONS
George Eastman House International Museum of Film and Photography
Dow Jones Collection
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Library of Congress
Griffin Museum of Photography
Jewish Museum New York
Barclays Bank Corporate Collection
James A. Michener Art Museum
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Museum of the City of New York
Snite Museum of Art
Numerous Personal Collections
AWARDS
American Photography, Selected Winner, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
PDN Award of Excellence, Photojournalism, Vanity Fair 2014
PDN Award of Excellence, Photojournalism, Sandy 2013
PDN Award of Excellence, Fine Art, Day to Night Shanghai 2013
Time Magazine Top 10 Photographers of 2012
Communication Arts Photography Award of Excellence 2012, 2013
Sony World Photography Professional Award - 2012
Adobe Breakthrough Photography Award, 2012
Photo District News Award of Excellence 2011
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Fine Art Series 2nd Place & 3rd Place, Photojournalism 2010
World In Focus PDN, Portraits/ Sense of Place 1st. Place, 2008
Prix De La Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention; Human Condition, 2007
Lucie Awards 1st. Place, Professional Photographer, Editorial, The Rise of Big Water, 2007
Lucie Awards 1st. Place, Fine Art, Ellis Island: Ghost of Freedom Lucie Awards 2007
American Photography, Award of Excellence, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Photo District News Award of Excellence: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Graphis 1992
The Art Directors Club Distinctive Merit: 1992
Communication Arts Award of Excellence 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Epson Creativity Award 2004
Lucie Award Fine Art Photographer of the Year, 2004
Adweek Magazine Photographer of the Year, 1992
Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography 2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Greg Gorman Digital Photographic Workshop, 2014
Maine Photographic Workshop 1988, 1999
Palm Springs Photo Festival 2011, 2013
Santa Fe Photo Workshop 2010
James A Michener Art Museum Lecturer 2010
The George Eastman International Museum of Film and Photography 2009
Palm Springs Photo Festival 2008
ICP Guest Lecturer, 2007
Hallmark Institute of Photography 2007
Photo Plus Expo East 2000- present
Eddie Adams Workshop 2000- present
MONOGRAPHS
Day to Night, TASCHEN, 2019
Ellis Island :Ghosts of Freedom, W.W. Norton 2006
California One, The Pacific Coast Highway, Friendly Press 1987
GROUP PUBLICATIONS
Consumption: Prix Pictet, 2013The Human Face of Big Data, 2012Condé Nast Traveler: Photographs, 2012The New York Times Magazine: Photographs, 2011New York: A Photographer's City, 2011Photo Annual, 1998