BIOGRAPHY
Melissa O’Shaughnessy was born in 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and studied at Georgetown University and the University of St. Thomas, graduating with a degree in journalism. She is now a New York City based photographer. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications, and her work is included in the book Bystander: A History of Street Photography.
She is a member of UP Photographers, a collective of 27 international street photographers. Her first monograph, Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs, will be published by Aperture in October, 2020.
PUBLICATIONS
2020: Eyeshot Magazine, Flora and Fauna
2019: Eyeshot Magazine, Street Fashion
2019: Eyeshot Magazine, Street Jungle
2018: World Street Photography 5
2017: Bystander, A History of Street Photography by Colin Westerbeck and Joel Meyerowitz
INTERVIEWS
2019: Outerfocus Podcast with Ian Weldon, Episode #51
2019: Being Present in the Here and Now, YWYW Magazine
2019: Conversation with Blake Andrews, UP Photographers
2017: Women in Street Stories, You Tube
2016: Her Side of the Street, Medium
ARTICLES
2019: Street Photography’s New Stars, The Guardian
2019: Moving on UP, streetrepeat.org
2018: 20 Female Street Photographers to Follow in 2018
2017: The Bible of Street Photography Was Just Updated for the First Time in 20 Years, Artsy
EXHIBITIONS
2020: Women Street Photographers, State Historical Museum, Chelyabinsk, Russia
2019: Women Street Photographers, P.S. 109, New York, NY
2019: Miami Street Photography Festival International Awards, MiamiHistory Museum, Miami, FL
2019: Brussels Street Photography Festival, Women Street Photographers Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
2019: Xposure Photo Festival, MSPF Finalist Exhibit, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2019: Bielso-Biala Foto Art Festival, Women Street Photographers Exhibition, Bielso-Biala, Poland
2019: LensCulture Street Photography Awards Finalist, LensCulture.com
2019: STREET: NYC-SPC Open Call Exhibition, Contact Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019: StreetFoto San Francisco International Street Photography Awards Finalist, San Francisco, CA
2019: StreetFoto San Francisco Streets of San Francisco Awards Finalist, San Francisco, CA
2019: Two Way Street, Women in Street Exhibition, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2019: PHOS Festival, Women Street Photographers Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019: Italian Street Photography Festival Finalist Exhibition, Rome, Italy
2019: Street Photo Milano Finalist Exhibition, Milan, Italy
2019: A Color Moment, Director’s Award, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Arthur Meyerson)
2019: Primary Colors, NYC4PA Exhibition, New York, NY
2018: Women Street Photographers, P.S. 109, New York, NY
2018: Miami Street Photography Festival International Awards, HistoryMiami Museum, Miami, FL
2018: Bystander Street Photography Exhibition, Leica Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018: StreetFoto San Francisco International Street Photography Awards, San Francisco, CA
2018: Streets Sans Frontiers: Humans and Street Life, Paris, France
2018: The Decisive Moment, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Sam Abell)
2017: Back to the Streets 2, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
2017: Composed, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Sam Abell)
2017: The Color of Light, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Arthur Myerson)
2017: Glass, 2017, Jadite Gallery, New York, NY (Juror: NYC4PA)
2013: Solo Exhibition, Works Gallery, New York, NY
2012: Windows and Mirrors, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Jurors: Elizabeth Corden and Jan Potts)
2011: Again, Reflections and Photography, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Sylvia Swann)
2011: Solo Exhibition, Works Gallery, New York, NY
2010: Solo Exhibition, Central Penn College, Summerdale, PA
