SHAWNA GIBBS

The Movie Night series is still going strong sixteen years after our humble start in the summer of 2007. This piece was recently selected for the American Photography 39 book celebrating the best jury-selected work from 2022. This distinguished jury included: Maïa Booker, The Wall Street Journal; David Cooper, Freelance Photo Editor; Maura Friedman, National Geographic; Lauryn Hill, WIRED; Amy Kellner, The New York Times Magazine; Robert Miller, The Washington Post; Laura Oliverio, CNN; Amy Silverman, Airbnb; Allyson Torrisi, People; Karen Williams, Freelance Photo Director and Producer; Andrea Wise, ProPublica; and Cengiz Yar, Rest of World.


May 2024: My Summer with Optimus Prime is Overall Winner for Professional Series for the 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards

The Julia Margaret Cameron Award, named after the exceptional 19th-century British photographer, celebrates outstanding achievements by women photographers worldwide.

There will be an all-expense-paid exhibition of my work at FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona in July 2025.

The jurors included:
JoAnn Chaus, Fine art photographer, winner of the 20th edition of the JMCA
Elisa Miller, Fine art photographer, winner of the 21st edition of the JMCA
Leonor Fernandes, Exhibition Director, FotoNostrum
Ameera Mills, Editor FotoNostrum Magazine
Ariadna Royo, Editor, FotoNostrum Publishing


MORE NEWS & EVENTS

Winner (two selections from “Movie Night”), American Photography Association-Los Angeles (APA), Off the Clock, July 2024

Winner (four categories), 21st Pollux Awards 2024 - Professional Series for “Movie Night” Series, May 2024:
Category Winner - Series: Children, Portrait. Single Image: Children, Open Theme
Honorable Mention - Series: Open Theme. Single Image: People

SE Center Photography, Greenville, SC, Summer, August 2-31, 2024

AVA Art Gallery, Lebanon, NH, The Lift of Blue, May 3 - June 29, 2024

17th Annual International Color Photography Awards, April 2024, Winner

All About Photo Awards 2024, Semi-Finalist

Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Wonder, Jan. 31 - Sept. 30, 2024

The Curated Fridge, Winter 2023-24

Tokyo International Foto Awards 2023, Honorable Mention

American Photography 39 Book, NYC 2023

New York Center for Photographic Art, 2023 Patterns and Shadows, Second Place

16th Annual International Color Photography Awards, April 2023, Winner

Praxis Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota, The Shadow Aspect, May 20 - June 3, 2023

Analog Forever Magazine, Elemental, April 2023

All About Photo Awards 2023, Semi-Finalist

Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Stories from my Childhood, DeKalb, IL, Nov. 29, 2022 - Feb. 17, 2023

17th Annual International Black & White Photography Spider Awards, Nov. 2022, Winner

National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, July 5–30, 2022

Communication Arts Photography Annual 2022, Shortilst


Shawna Gibbs is a photographer and conceptual artist based in New Hampshire. She is well known for documenting the lives of her family and friends including the well-received series, “Movie Night and “My Summer with Optimus Prime”. Her work has been published in several publications including Communication Arts Photography Annual, PDN Photo Annual, and American Photography. She has had her work exhibited nationally and internationally at more than fifty venues including the Institute for Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston Biennial, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Northeastern Illinois University, Currier Museum of Art, Minneapolis Photo Center, CICA Museum (Seoul), and Cape Cod Museum. Gibbs’ work can also be seen on several prominent websites including All About Photo, Der Greif, Fraction Magazine, and Lenscratch.

May 2024: New website coming summer 2024. CV available upon request. Contact: shawna@shawnagibbs.com