Career
*2025 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship - Awarded Finalist
INSTRUCTOR | WORKSHOPS | PRESENTATIONS | JUDGING • 2014 - 2026
In-person and Online Instruction
"The Art of Seeing" • "Photographer's Eye" • "Photography Critiques"
"Black & White" • "Lightroom & Photoshop"
• Danielle Austen Photography - 2021-2025
• Visual Arts Center of New Jersey • Summit, NJ - Fall 2017 - 2020
Present to photographic societies in NJ, NY, and PA on different photographic topics and on my Artist Residency experiences. Workshops for individuals and groups on Photography Basics, The Art of Seeing, and Long Exposure Photography. Judging local photography competitions.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Shenandoah National Park, VA. July 12-Aug 2, 2021
Rocky Mountain National Park, CO. Aug 21-Sept 3, 2016
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN. June 2015
Acadia National Park., Maine. Sept 2015 & Oct 15-Nov 15, 2013
Vermont Studio Center, Vermont. November 2012 - Full Fellowship
Everglades National Park, Florida. February 2012
EXHIBITS - Solo, Group, and Juried Shows (see exhibits)
HILLSBOROUGH CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
2-Year Appointment 2015-2017 • Hillsborough, NJ
Chair for the annual Art & Photo Exhibit and the "Gallery Walk" exhibit space.
CO-CREATOR/CURATOR - “NJ350 Elements” Exhibit — August 1 - September 2, 2014
A unique juried photography exhibit of New Jersey’s nature and wildlife by NJ photographers printed on 40”x60” satin fabric displayed outdoors at the Duke Farms Environmental Center, Hillsborough, NJ. www.NJ350Elements.org
FINE ART COLLECTIONS
PNC Bank New Jersey Headquarters - East Brunswick, NJ; Tower at PNC Plaza - Pittsburgh, PA;
PNC Bank - Ridgewood, NJ. AtlantiCare Regional Medical, NJ, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Carrier Clinic, NJ. Private collections.
FREELANCE CLIENTS / Publications
New Jersey Monthly, New York Times, MOAA Magazine, Plastic News, NJ Biz, Gannett News Service,
Architectural Record, The Sun Magazine, NJ Health & Life magazines, San Antonio Express-News,
2002 LIFE Magazine, The Year In Pictures. Corporate clientele.
AWARDS — Fine Art
2024 | 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – Winner, Open; Plus HM’s
2023 | 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – Winner, Black & White; Plus HM’s
2021-2023 | Black & White Magazine Single Image Comp
2020-2022 | Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – HM’s, Different Categories
2015-2023 | Int'l Photography Awards. Honorable Mention, Different Categories
2017-21, 2024 | Annual Black &White Spider Awards - Honorable Mention, Different Categories
2019 | 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – Winner, Abstract, Honorable Mention, B&W
2018 | 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – Honorable Mention, Abstract
2015 | 8th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – Finalist, Fine Art
2013 | OneEyeland Photography Awards – Bronze, Fine Art Landscape & Fine Art Abstract
2012-2013 | Canon’s Project Imaginat10n Photo Contest – National Winner, Backstory Category
2011-2013 | Professional Photographers of America, International Competition. Merited Awards
AWARDS — Editorial
New Jersey Press Photographers Association, 2010, 2009, 2008 & 2007
New Jersey Press Association, 2004 & 2003 Better Newspaper Contest
2003 Gannett Well Done; The Eddie Adams Workshop, 2002, Student Assignment Award
New England Press Association, 2001 Better Newspaper Competition
EDUCATION
Syracuse University • Syracuse, New York
S. I. Newhouse School of Public Comm. • MS, 2023, Communication Photography
Cornell University • Ithaca, New York
College of Architecture, Art & Planning • BFA, May 1992, Photography & Design