BIO
Award winning Photographer Tal Shpantzer has been based in New York since 2000, Tal has spent several years studying & shooting in Tel-Aviv, Prague & Europe after graduating from The Minneapolis College of Art and Design, with a B.F.A. degree in Photography/Media Art (Honors).
Tal’s work has been published and exhibited nationally and internationally. Her image-making and photography has been recognized by HBO, MTV, APA and PhotoVogue.it. Most recently, her work can be found in private collections, Saatchi Art Collection & catalog, W Magazine – A portrait of artist Kiki Smith as well as HBO’s True Detective & The Upside feature film.
She is the recipient of an APA Award: American Photographic Artists Award, a Soros Center for Contemporary Art grant for her Limbus Diary series, and a Morrison Vanderlip media award.
She is currently working on her first book publication.
Artist Statement
My interest in photography lies principally in exploring moments that are undefined.
I am fascinated when a dialog emerges from what appears to be the simplest of moments from states of uncertainty and transience.
A raw and unpretentious moment can reveal complexities, evoke imagined histories, and hidden truths.
Selected Exhibitions & Screenings:
Prague House of Photography
Frankfort Art, Germany
Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv
Tiroche Auction House, Tel Aviv
Richterova Villa, Prague
Starter & Sorter Gallery, Prague
VBrooklyn Video Festival NY
Rabbitholestudio Gallery, Dumbo NY 2016
ICP Art Auction, NY
Witzenhausen Gallery Art Fair, Armory week, NY 2016
Witzenhausen Gallery, Chelsea NY 2016
ArtMRKT Hamptons, NY 2016
Young New Yorkers, Art Auction 2017
A Smith Gallery, TX 2024
Center For Photographic Art, CA 2024
A Smith Gallery, TX 2025
Selected Commercial Client list:
· Associated Press
· Walt Disney Signature
· HBO
· MTV
· NBC
· Alberta Ferretti
· Leo Burnett Advertising
· Harpers Bazzar – CZ
· Rolling-stone – CZ
· Capitol Records
Education:
B.F.A. degree in Photography/Media Art (Honors), The Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Membership:
American Photographic Artists, Museum Store Association.
“Tal’s photographs are very intimate, yet there is some alienated, even existential, twist to them. The numerous reflections in mirrors and the lack of action make the subject seem very alone. The rich colors and
blurred shapes of the images recall both fashion and documentary photography, but there is some quality the images have that prevent them from being easily classified. The distinction between the staged situation
and the documentary moment is intentionally kept ambiguous. Tal’s images are not like souvenirs or snapshots that are reminders of the past.
Instead, she tries to get under the surface of her subjects and through her photographs to let a bit of the past seep out into the present.” Curator R Vana
Tal Shpanzter’s photography is ethereal and mysterious. Longtime Greenpoint resident, the photographer uses the neighborhood as an inspiration board for portraits, landscapes, and the human figure. From dreamy stills to mysterious-but-menacing photo essays, her talent is deep.
Stephanie V for Greenpointers
“Tal Shpantzer is a New york-based photographer whose work spans fashion and social documentary. Her black-and-white portraiture recalls the glamour of Cartier-Bresson, while much of her colour portraiture seeks to express something far more candid (and she is as likely to be shooting in a downtown Housing Project as she is on the banks of The Seine.) ”
Editor/writer John-Paul Pryor
Award winning Photographer Tal Shpantzer has been based in New York since 2000, Tal has spent several years studying & shooting in Tel-Aviv, Prague & Europe after graduating from The Minneapolis College of Art and Design, with a B.F.A. degree in Photography/Media Art (Honors).
Tal’s work has been published and exhibited nationally and internationally. Her image-making and photography has been recognized by HBO, MTV, APA and PhotoVogue.it. Most recently, her work can be found in private collections, Saatchi Art Collection & catalog, W Magazine – A portrait of artist Kiki Smith as well as HBO’s True Detective & The Upside feature film.
She is the recipient of an APA Award: American Photographic Artists Award, a Soros Center for Contemporary Art grant for her Limbus Diary series, and a Morrison Vanderlip media award.
She is currently working on her first book publication.
Artist Statement
My interest in photography lies principally in exploring moments that are undefined.
I am fascinated when a dialog emerges from what appears to be the simplest of moments from states of uncertainty and transience.
A raw and unpretentious moment can reveal complexities, evoke imagined histories, and hidden truths.
Selected Exhibitions & Screenings:
Prague House of Photography
Frankfort Art, Germany
Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv
Tiroche Auction House, Tel Aviv
Richterova Villa, Prague
Starter & Sorter Gallery, Prague
VBrooklyn Video Festival NY
Rabbitholestudio Gallery, Dumbo NY 2016
ICP Art Auction, NY
Witzenhausen Gallery Art Fair, Armory week, NY 2016
Witzenhausen Gallery, Chelsea NY 2016
ArtMRKT Hamptons, NY 2016
Young New Yorkers, Art Auction 2017
A Smith Gallery, TX 2024
Center For Photographic Art, CA 2024
A Smith Gallery, TX 2025
Selected Commercial Client list:
· Associated Press
· Walt Disney Signature
· HBO
· MTV
· NBC
· Alberta Ferretti
· Leo Burnett Advertising
· Harpers Bazzar – CZ
· Rolling-stone – CZ
· Capitol Records
Education:
B.F.A. degree in Photography/Media Art (Honors), The Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Membership:
American Photographic Artists, Museum Store Association.
“Tal’s photographs are very intimate, yet there is some alienated, even existential, twist to them. The numerous reflections in mirrors and the lack of action make the subject seem very alone. The rich colors and
blurred shapes of the images recall both fashion and documentary photography, but there is some quality the images have that prevent them from being easily classified. The distinction between the staged situation
and the documentary moment is intentionally kept ambiguous. Tal’s images are not like souvenirs or snapshots that are reminders of the past.
Instead, she tries to get under the surface of her subjects and through her photographs to let a bit of the past seep out into the present.” Curator R Vana
Tal Shpanzter’s photography is ethereal and mysterious. Longtime Greenpoint resident, the photographer uses the neighborhood as an inspiration board for portraits, landscapes, and the human figure. From dreamy stills to mysterious-but-menacing photo essays, her talent is deep.
Stephanie V for Greenpointers
“Tal Shpantzer is a New york-based photographer whose work spans fashion and social documentary. Her black-and-white portraiture recalls the glamour of Cartier-Bresson, while much of her colour portraiture seeks to express something far more candid (and she is as likely to be shooting in a downtown Housing Project as she is on the banks of The Seine.) ”
Editor/writer John-Paul Pryor