Sam Elkind (Instagram: @sam.elkind) is a fine art photographer living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He works with landscapes and abstractions drawn from our surroundings. Sam has studied with photographers Kent Bowser and Arno Raphael Minkkinen. He has an M.A. (English) from the University of Virginia and a B.A. (English) from Lawrence University, Appleton WI. He is a retired transportation professional.
Sam actively exhibits across the U.S. Recent highlights include the following:
Publication:
--2024 - Santa Fe New Mexican, "Pasatiempo" Supplement, May 31
- Shadow and Light Magazine, March/April issue, selections from Assembling the View included as a Showcase Portfolio
--2023 - Shadow and Light Magazine, March/April issue, selections from Still Winter included as a Showcase Portfolio
Solo Exhibitions:
--2022 – Legacies, Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM
--2021 - Caught, Open Space Visitor Center
--2019 - Drifting: Images of Snow, Vista Grande Public Library, Eldorado, NM
--2015 - LatticeWork, Brown Art Gallery, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia
Recent Group Exhibitions (selections):
--2024 - High and Dry XXIV, International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- small WORKS, Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Visual Journeys: Three Santa Fe Photographers, Nocturne 818 Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
--2023 - Shades of Gray (2 images), Albuquerque, NM
- Aspens and Adobe, joint with John Wylie, Vista Grande Public Library, Eldorado, NM
--2022 - Shades of Gray, Albuquerque, NM
- Monochrome, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
- Transcending the West, Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, Loveland, CO
- Winter Magic (2 images), Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Massachusetts (online)
- Shock of the New West, Tubac Center for the Arts, Arizona
- Captured, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California (online)
--2021 - Shadow & Light Magazine, online Black & White Gallery
- Landscape: Considering the Built and the Grown, Site: Brooklyn Gallery (online)
- 8th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Oregon
--2020 - Art Through the Lens, Yeiser Art Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky
- Landscape, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
- Representing the West: A New Frontier (3 images), Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado
--2019 - Monochrome, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, New York
- 4th Annual Autumn Photo Exhibit, Emerald Arts Center, Springfield, Oregon
- Regional Arts Show, Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, Colorado
- Making Waves (2 images), Fuller Lodge Arts Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Shades of Grey (3 images), Fuller Lodge Arts Center
Sam actively exhibits across the U.S. Recent highlights include the following:
Publication:
--2024 - Santa Fe New Mexican, "Pasatiempo" Supplement, May 31
- Shadow and Light Magazine, March/April issue, selections from Assembling the View included as a Showcase Portfolio
--2023 - Shadow and Light Magazine, March/April issue, selections from Still Winter included as a Showcase Portfolio
Solo Exhibitions:
--2022 – Legacies, Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM
--2021 - Caught, Open Space Visitor Center
--2019 - Drifting: Images of Snow, Vista Grande Public Library, Eldorado, NM
--2015 - LatticeWork, Brown Art Gallery, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia
Recent Group Exhibitions (selections):
--2024 - High and Dry XXIV, International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- small WORKS, Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Visual Journeys: Three Santa Fe Photographers, Nocturne 818 Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
--2023 - Shades of Gray (2 images), Albuquerque, NM
- Aspens and Adobe, joint with John Wylie, Vista Grande Public Library, Eldorado, NM
--2022 - Shades of Gray, Albuquerque, NM
- Monochrome, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
- Transcending the West, Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, Loveland, CO
- Winter Magic (2 images), Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Massachusetts (online)
- Shock of the New West, Tubac Center for the Arts, Arizona
- Captured, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California (online)
--2021 - Shadow & Light Magazine, online Black & White Gallery
- Landscape: Considering the Built and the Grown, Site: Brooklyn Gallery (online)
- 8th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Oregon
--2020 - Art Through the Lens, Yeiser Art Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky
- Landscape, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
- Representing the West: A New Frontier (3 images), Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado
--2019 - Monochrome, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, New York
- 4th Annual Autumn Photo Exhibit, Emerald Arts Center, Springfield, Oregon
- Regional Arts Show, Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, Colorado
- Making Waves (2 images), Fuller Lodge Arts Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Shades of Grey (3 images), Fuller Lodge Arts Center