Nate Gowdy
b. 1984, Elkhart, IndianaSeattle, Washington
+1 (206) 992 5857
nate.gowdy@gmail.comAccolades
PX3 The Prix de la Photographie Paris (2023: 1st Place, Book Photographer of the Year; Gold in Book, Documentary; Gold in Press/Political)
American Photography (Selected: 2023 [x4], 2022 [x2], 2021 [x2], 2019 [x2], 2018, 2016 [x2], 2015, 2014, 2012; Chosen 2020 [x2])
Communication Arts Photography Annual (2022, 2021, 2017 [x2], 2016)
International Photography Awards (2022: 1st Place in Book, Self Published; 3rd Place in Editorial/Press, War/Conflict; Best of Show [Guest Curator, Dr. Mark Sealy] )
Lucie Photo Book Prize (2022: Independent Category Finalist)
Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington’s 2022 Passion Project Grant
Philipson Foundation’s 2022 Public Documentation Grant
Seattle’s City Arts Magazine’s 2016 Artist of the Year
TIME magazine cover, Bernie Sanders in LA (June 6th, 2016)
Eddie Adams Workshop XXVI attendee (2013)
PDN Photo Annual Winner (2013)
PDNedu Student Photo Contest Winner (2013)
PDN The Scene Winner (2012 [x2])Select Editorial Clients
Al Jazeera English
BuzzFeed News
Cannabis Now
Courrier International (Paris)
CNN
Crosscut (Seattle)
Die Zeit (Hamburg)
Fisheye Magazine (Paris)
Huffington Post
Mashable
Mother Jones
PublicDisplay.Art (Seattle)
Rolling Stone
Seattle Gay News
The Advocate
The New York Times
The Stranger (Seattle)
The Sunday Times (London)
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
TIMESelect Commercial Clients
Anti-Defamation League - Pacific Northwest
Amazon
American Board of Trial Advocates
Atlantic Media
Bellwether Housing
Bodypoint
Blue Wave Political Partners
Brain Injury Alliance of Washington
Camp Ten Trees
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
City of Bellevue
City of Seattle — Office of Arts & Cultural
City of Seattle — Office of Economic Development
City of Seattle — Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs
City of Seattle — Department of Transportation
College Inn Seattle
Committee to Elect Krystal Marx
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
CycleBar South Lake Union
Delta Airlines
Democratic National Committee
Encore Media Group
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Georgetown University
GoGo squeeZ
Greater Seattle Business Association
HERE Technology
Jorge Baron for King County Council
King County Public Health
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund
Lynnwood Convention Center
Maria Cantwell for Senate
Macmillan Learning
Marchex
M12 — Microsoft’s Venture Fund
Microsoft
Natasha Hill for Congress
National TPS Alliance
NFL
Northwest Police Society
Omeros Corporation
One Reel Seattle
Pramila Jayapal for Congress
Perkins Coie LLC — International Law Firm
Project Access Northwest
Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
Public Health — Seattle & King County
Public Media Company
Pride Foundation
Real Don Music
Retail Therapy
Rober Nyhus, US Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
Sammamish Chamber of Commerce
SanMar Corporation
SEIU6 Property Services NW
Seattle Counseling Service
Seattle Opera
Seattle Pride
Seattle Public Schools
Seattle Quake Rugby
Skanska USA Inc.
Smokey Brights
SPIO Inc.
The Douglas at Seattle University
The True Loves Band
Three Dollar Bill Cinema
Tom Douglas Restaurants
Triumph Motorcycles
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Small Business Administration
University of Washington — Center for Human Rights
University of Washington — Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
UW Alumni Association
Visit Seattle
Wing Luke Museum
Yeshiva University — Cardozo School of LawBooks
Published by Pigeon Editions …
INSURRECTION: Photographs by Nate Gowdy, Large Hardcover Edition of 500, January 2023
INSURRECTION: Photographs by Nate Gowdy, Small Hardcover Edition of 1000, January 2023
INSURRECTION: Photographs by Nate Gowdy, Softcover First Edition of 666 (SOLD OUT), August 2022
Published by Seattle Public Schools…
Our Students, Their Stories: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Students, Families, and Staff, 2nd Printing of 500, October 2020
Our Students, Their Stories: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Students, Families, and Staff, 1st Printing of 500, August 2020
Published by Nate Gowdy…
The Gay News: On Assignment in Seattle from February 2011 — December 2011, Edition of 20 (SOLD OUT), January 2012
In the works …
Rabid Americans: Portraits of Right-Wing Politics & Protest (2015-2024)
Seattle Pride: Fifty Years of Celebration & Activism
The American Superhero Project
Future book projects…
Samson and Ruby: A Boy and his Bulldog
Of Pigeons and Patriots
The Gayborhood: 2011-2015
A Woodworker's Life in Stuff: The Workshop of Bruce Gowdy
MAGA Mob Kineograph
All in the Family: Gowdys Across America
Sad Star-Spangled FlagSolo Exhibitions
Our Students, Their Stories: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Students, Families, and Staff — A Seattle Public Schools Project at Jefferson Park, October 2020
The American Superhero Project at Retail Therapy, November - December 2019
The American Superhero Project at The Vermillion, September 2019
The American Superhero Project at University of Washington Tower, July - September 2019
Vote American! at Retail Therapy, September 2018
Various projects at Inscape Arts, April 2017 - Present
Vote American! at Retail Therapy, October 2016
Vote American! at Poco Wine Room, September 2016
Vote American! at Retail Therapy, May - August 2016
The Gayborhood at Frame Central, June - July 2014
The Gayborhood at Frame Central, June 2013
The Gayborhood at Seattle Design Center, October 2012
The Gayborhood at Cloud Gallery, August 2012
The Gayborhood at The Grill on Broadway, June 2012 - April 2013
The Gayborhood at Poco Wine Room, June 2012
The Gayborhood at Frame Central, June 2012
The Gayborhood at Adobe Systems Inc., June - July 2012
The Gayborhood at Seattle Mobile Espresso, January - February 2012Group Exhibitions
PX3 The Prix de la Photographie Paris Exhibition, House of Lucie, Budapest, Hungary, February 2024
PX3 The Prix de la Photographie Paris Exhibition, Galerie 24b, Paris, November 2023
“Good Trouble,” Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, June 2023 - October 2023
Monroe Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, March 2023 - Present
The Photography Show Presented by AIPAD, Monroe Gallery of Photography, March - April 2023
PUBLICDISPLAY.ART Art Exhibit in Pioneer Square, Seattle, March - April 2023
8th Edition “Eyes on Main Street” in downtown Wilson, NC, October 2022 - March 2023
International Photography Awards', “Best of Show 2022” by Dr Mark Sealy, Guest Curator, October 2022
”Golden Hour,” PCNW's 2022 Benefit Auction Preview Exhibition, October 2022
“Where Beauty Lies'“ at Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, October 2019 - September 2021
PCNW’s 22nd Juried Photography Exhibition, Jurors: Conor Risch and Lara Behnert Seattle, January - March 2019
"Revealing Queer" at MOHAI, Seattle, February - July 2014
Seattle Erotic Art Festival, August 2013
Px3, "Dimitri Beck's Top 20" at Dupont Gallery, Paris, July 2013
"Spontaneous" at Darkroom Gallery, Juror: Nikos Economopoulos, Essex Junction, VT, March 2012
"Off the Cuff" at MPLS Photo Center, Juror: Madeline Yale, February 2012Permanent Collections & Museum Exhibitions
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana (Upcoming)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, “WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath”
Kinsey Institute's library and special collections at Indiana University (UPCOMING)Artist Talks, Panels, Presentations
Presenting virtually to Britland Tracy’s “Digital Photography” course at University of Colorado, April 2024 (Upcoming)
Presented virtually to David Julian’s “Creative Photography & Image Production” course at University of Washington, February 2024
Keynote speaker at Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington’s 2023 NW Excellence in Journalism Ceremony, Seattle, WA, September 2023
Tabled “INSURRECTION” at 2nd Annual Photo Zine & Book Fair, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, August 2023
Tabled “INSURRECTION” at Washington State Democrats’ Committee Meeting, May 2023
PublicDislay.Art Artist Panel with Adetola Abatan and Lisa Meyers Bulmash, moderated by Marty Griswald, April 2023
Presented to Danielle Troy’s “Photo 1” course at The Overlake School in Redmond, WA, April 2023
Author talk, “INSURRECTION,” at Glazer’s Camera, April 2023
Author talk, “INSURRECTION,” at Town Hall Seattle, March 2023
Presented virtually to David Julian’s “Photographic Vision, Practice & Exhibition” course at University of Washington, March 2023
Presented virtually to Britland Tracy’s “Images and Stories” course at University of Colorado, March 2023
Presented to “Video Production Pathway” courses at Chief Leschi Schools in Tacoma, WA, March 2023
Presented virtually to Paul Sheets’ “Student Media Practicum” courses at Florida A&M University, March 2023
“Eyes on Main Street” Photojournalism Panel in Wilson, NC, with Ryan Bakerink, Valerie Plesch, and Allison Shelley, moderated by Keith Dannemiller, October 2022
PCNW Artist Conversation with Erika Shultz of The Seattle Times, moderated by Melinda Hurst Frye, October 2022
Presented virtually to Paul Sheets’ “Student Media Practicum” and “Television News” courses at Florida A&M University, October 2022
Featured speaker at Placer Women Democrats reception in support of Dr. Kermit Jones for Congress, September 2022
Tabled “INSURRECTION” at Inaugural Photo Zine & Book Fair, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, July 2022
Presented to B+H Advance Strategy, Seattle, WA, March 2022
Presented virtually to David Julian’s “Photographic Vision, Practice & Exhibition” course at University of Washington, March 2022
Presented virtually to David Julian’s “Photographic Vision, Practice & Exhibition” course at University of Washington, March 2021
Presented virtually to The Northwest School in Seattle, March 2021
Presented virtually to “John Cornicello Presents Photo Conversations,” January 2021
Presented virtually to Northwest Film Forum’s “Strange Storytelling Hour — Dumpster Fire,” hosted by Emmett Montgomery, in Seattle, January 2021
Presented virtually to “John Cornicello Presents Photo Conversations,” November 2020
Hosted & Presented to The Performance Theater’s Secret Dinner at Inscape Arts, June 2019
Presented to Danielle Troy’s “Digital Photography” course at The Overlake School in Redmond, WA, April 2019
Taught weekly “Digital Photography” course (ages 10-18) for Family Learning Program in West Seattle, January - March 2019
Taught weekly “Digital Photography” course (ages 10-18) for Family Learning Program in West Seattle, September - November 2018
Hosted ASMP Seattle’s summer social at Inscape Arts studio, June 2018
Presented to Danielle Troy’s “Advanced Portraiture” course at The Overlake School in Redmond, WA, April 2018
Nate Gowdy’s weekly “Digital Photography” courses (ages 8-10, 11-18) for Family Learning Program in West Seattle, March - June 2018
Presented to Chloe Collyer’s “Digital Photography” course at Coyote Central in Seattle, November 2017
Presented to Family Learning Program in West Seattle, November 2017
Hosted ASMP Seattle’s summer social at Inscape Arts, June 2017
Presented about Seattle Pride Parade at “Coffee, Cameras, and Conversation” at Leica Store Bellevue, June 2017
Presented to Danielle Troy’s “Advanced Portraiture” course at The Overlake School in Redmond, WA, March 2017
Presented at The Art Institute of Washington, DC, September 2016
Guest instructed Barb Penoyar Ramos’ “Advanced Portraiture” course at The Art Institute of Seattle, June 2016
Presented to Melinda Hurst Frye’s “Survey of Photography” course at The Art Institute of Seattle, June 2016
Hosted & presented at ASMP Seattle’s summer social at Inscape Arts studio, June 2015
Presented at SPE’s 2013 Regional Conference in Seattle, November 2013
Mentored seven college and four high school interns since 2014
Interviewed as part of several higher education and PhD thesis papers re: the journalism industryInterviews + Features
Meet the Streets with Keith Pitts, “An interview with Nate Gowdy,” March 2024 (Upcoming)
Town Hall Seattle, “Nate Gowdy — The Insurrection in photos,” March 2023
International Examiner, “Photographer probes an American heart of darkness in Insurrection photo book,” by Chetanya Robinson, March 2023
Indiana University Alumni Magazine, “Nate Gowdy: Capturing political moments,” Spring 2023
Thom Hartmann Program, Jefferson Smith segment featuring Nate Gowdy, March 2023
PetaPixel, “Photojournalist releases intense images from the Jan 6 riot,” by Matt Growcoot, January 2023
Seize the Moment Podcast, “Nate Gowdy — Storm of the Capitol: The Insurrection of January 6th” | STM Podast #156, by Leon Garber and Alen Ulman, January 2023
Seattle Gay News, “Nate Gowdy captures history in the making in his new book, Insurrection,” by Lindsey Anderson, January 2023
Forthright Radio, “Nate Gowdy’s Insurrection,’ by Joy LeClaire, January 2023
Nicole Sandler Show, “No insurrection whitewashing allowed here with Nate Gowdy,” January 2023
PBS NewsHour, “The ‘melee’ of Jan. 6, through a photographer’s lens,” by Dan Cooney, January 2023
Mother Jones, “Insurrection: January 6, up close and firsthand,” by Mark Murrmann, January 2023
Crosscut, “A Seattle photographer’s firsthand account of the Jan. 6 chaos,” by Margo Vansynghel, January 2023
Talk Louisiana, “Photojournalist Nate Gowdy reflects on the January 6 Insurrection on its two-year anniversary,” by Jim Engster, January 2023
Thom Hartmann Program, “Jan 6th insurrectionists attacked me during coup attempt,” January 2023
Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins, WFAE 90.7, “Reflections on the January 6th Capitol attack, two years later,” January 2023
Surreal News, WSLR LP 96.5 FM in Sarasota, FL, and WBPV LP 100.1 FM in Bradenton, FL, by Lew Lorini, December 2022
PUBLICDISPLAY.ART, “From Bernie Sanders to immigrant superheroes to January 6th, Seattle photographer Nate Gowdy chronicles the intimate and the dangerous of American politics,” by Sandeep Kaushik, September 2022
KBCS.FM, “Insurrection: A Photo Compilation from Jan 6, 2021,” by Yuko Kodama, July 2022
KING5, “Seattle-based photographer Nate Gowdy recalls violent day at US Capitol,” by Mimi Jung, January 2021
Malcontent News, “Photographer Nate Gowdy reflects on Washington D.C. Insurrection,” by David Obelcz, January 2021
KBCS.FM, “Behind the lens at the nation’s Capitol during an insurrection,” by Yuko Kodama, January 2021
Seattle Pride, “New book profiles Our Students, Their Stories,” October 2020
A Photo Editor, “The Best Work I Saw at Photolucida: Part 5,” by Jonathan Blaustein, September 2019
International Examiner, “Inspired by Sikh Captain America, photos bring out the superhero in Americans from all walks of life,” by Chetanya Robinson, August 2019
The Seattle Times, “Anyone can be an American superhero: Meet the team showing people just that,” by Natachi Onwuamaegbu, August 2019
The Daily of the University of Washington, “The making of real-life superheroes,” by Mira Petrillo, August 2019
Real Change | Street Roots, “American Superhero: Sikh Captain America is enlisting more champions,” by Lisa Edge, July 2019
The Seattle Globalist, “The American Superhero explores the diverse origin stories of everyday people,” by Kamna Shastri, July 2019
PBS Newshour | Crosscut, “Americans assemble: Meet the artist capturing the superhero in all of us,” by Brangien Davis, July 2019
BuzzFeed News, “14 pictures that perfectly capture the American experience,” by Gabriel H. Sanchez, July 2019
Town Hall Seattle, “Sikh Captain America and superhero serendipity,” by Jonathan Shipley, April 2019
Quartz, “Donald Trump and the 2016 election have inspired a powerful, apocalyptic aesthetic in campaign photography,” by Johnny Simon, November 2016
Huffington Post, “When pictures tell stories we’d rather not hear,” by Michael Rowe, November 2016
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, “From Capitol Hill drag queens to the Clinton-Trump campaign trail,” by Justin Carder, October 2016
KING5, “Seattle photographer gets front row seat to both conventions,” by Mimi Jung, August 2016
Fisheye, “Une campagne en hors-champ,” by Sofia Fischer, July/August 2016
Konbini, “Rencontre : la campagne présidentielle américaine vue par Nate Gowdy,” by Aude Jouanne, July 2016
Petapixel, “The photographer shooting contrasty closeups of presidential candidates,” by Michael Zhang, July 2016
TIME, “Inside Seattle’s vibrant LGBTQ community,” by Nate Gowdy, June 2016
CNN, “Campaign close-ups from an unlikely photographer,” by Thom Patterson, June 2016
Al Jazeera, “US election snapshot: Inside a Donald Trump rally,” by Nate Gowdy, March 2016
Reading the Pictures, “Trump as Orifice: Peterson, Gowdy Get to the Essence,” by Michael Shaw, March 2016
Seattle Gay News, “Let’s Hear It For Our Boy!,” March 2013Professional Development
PhotoPolitic merit member, 2023
NPPA member, 2021
ASMP merit member, 2020
Photolucida Portfolio Review, April 2019
APAD’s GeekFest LA, November 2017
APAD’s GeekFest DC, September 2016
SPE’s 2015 National Conference, New Orleans, March 2015
WPPI Wedding & Portrait Photography Conference, Las Vegas, March 2015
SPE’s 2013 Regional Conference, Seattle, November 2013
EAW XXVI, Jeffersonville, NY, October 2013
Continued education, The Art Institute of Seattle, 2011-2013
BAJ, Indiana University, 2007