Bil Zelman is a photographer, director, and passionate environmentalist. Throughout his eclectic range of work, from editorial stories to noir-landscapes, published books, and advertising campaigns, he is committed to capturing and documenting genuine emotions, the natural world, and its elemental truths.
His work has been included in Archive’s Top 200 Photographers Worldwide for the past 15 years, earned the ICP Lucie Award for “Deeper perspectives” and collected by museums internationally.
Contact:
P: 619 806 3686
Commercial Website: bilzelman.com
Select Exhibitions and Permanent Collections
2022 - Phest Festival Internazionali di Fotografia e Arte Monopoli
2021 - "And Here We Are", Multi-Media
Cortona On the Move, Italy
2020 - "And Here We Are", Awarded Bronze for Books
Prix de’ la’ Photographie, Paris
2019 - "And Here We Are - Stories From the Sixth Extinction"
Published by Daylight Books
2019 - "And Here We Are - Stories From the Sixth Extinction"
Lucie Awards, "Deeper Perspectives"
2016 - "American Sand"
Lucie Foundation, Month of Photography
2015 - Isolated Gesture
Spark Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014 - Center of Fine Art Photography
Ft. Collins, CO
2010 - Lucie Foundation, "Dusk"
Los Angeles, CA
2010 - Museum of Photographic Arts
San Diego, CA
2008 - Portland Museum of Art
Portland, Oregon
2007 - Isolated Gesture
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 - MOCA "Interactions" Exhibit
Ft. Collins, CO
2007 - Newspace Center for Photography
Portland, OR
2006 - Isolated Gesture
Voice 1156 Gallery, San Diego, CA
2005 - Center for Photographic Arts
Carmel, CA
2005 - Museum of Photographic Arts
San Diego, CA
2004 - Light and Representation
C.E.P.A. Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2003 - "Conversazione"
Nicole Dintamin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 - Isolated Gesture
University of California, San Diego, CA
2001 - "Street Work"
Nicole Dintamin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA