Bridget Badore (she/they) is an artist from a small town outside of Syracuse, New York (Pennellville, if you’ve heard of it). She graduated from the School of Visual Arts honors program in 2013 with a BFA in Photography. In 2023, she opened Holding Space, an artist-run gallery and community space in the Historic Waterfront District of Kingston, New York. She is available for editorial photography assignments worldwide, and currently splits most of her time between the Hudson Valley, Syracuse, and Brooklyn, New York.

Badore began taking photographs in elementary school after receiving their dad's old 35mm camera, teaching herself photography through their late father's scribbled notes and old kodak manuals. Captivated by the intimacy that the camera lends her, Bridget allows her subjects to be vulnerable and honest. Her tender approach to documentation is informed by an urgent desire to hold on to the ephemeral. She is searching for connection through her practice, exploring themes of grief, identity, and what it means to feel seen.

She has been featured in American Photography, POND Photo Review, and sold work in the Daniel Cooney Fine Art emerging artists auction. Her photographs have been featured in the New York Times, New York Magazine, Instyle, Vogue India, Bust Magazine, The Cut, Esquire, New Yorker, and WWD. She has assisted Joseph Sinnott, staff photographer at WNET; Heather Sten, celebrity portrait photographer; and Kelly Guenther, Pulitzer Prize winning documentary photographer.

Bridget is particularly interested in understanding her own grief & how people process theirs, leading her to hosting grief salons in her small Brooklyn apartment. She currently facilitates multiple grief groups through Holding Space and a monthly Dead Parent Club through clubhouse with Jordan Sondler.

Bridget is currently based in Kingston New York, but is available for assignment anywhere (she’ll make it work; she always does).

✎: hello@bridgetbadore.com

SELECT CLIENTS:
The Wall Street Journal, Vogue India, Instyle Magazine, Man Repeller, New Yorker, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars), The Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine, Google, AirBNB, Tribeca Film Festival, Buzzfeed, Condé Nast, Bustle, The Century Foundation, TEND, Ask Tia, Girls Night In Club, The Wing, MM.LaFleur, Becca PR, Society 6, Apartment Therapy, Serious Eats, Healthline, Photo District News, School of Visual Arts, Dame Products, Chillhouse, Urban Outfitters, Hatch Collection, Interior Define, Great Jones, True Botanicals, Lonny, No. 29 Communications, ADAY, VEDA, ba&sh, Ariel Gordon, Lively, Minor History, Gossamer, Daly, Betaworks, Subway Book Review, Tictail, PLANOLY, Good Apple Digital, Rooftop Films, Ad Hoc, UNH NY, Salvation Army, WNET Channel 13, Crain’s, ITV, and Educational Alliance.

CV:

EDUCATION:
2013 BFA Photography (Honors Program), School Of Visual Arts | New York, New York

AWARDS & HONORS:
2022: Honorable Mention: Grants in Photography | Light Work
2022: American Photography 38 Selection | American Photography
2022: American Photography 38 Chosen Slideshow | American Photography
2021: American Photography 37 Chosen Slideshow | American Photography
2021: National Art Juror: Photography Panel | Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2020: American Photography 36 Chosen Slideshow | American Photography
2020: National Art Juror: New York Life Award | Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
2016: American Photography 32 Selection | American Photography
2013: Emerging Photographers Auction | Daniel Cooney Fine Art
2013: Emerging Photographers Auction | Daniel Cooney Fine Art
2009: Gold Key, Photography Portfolio | Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

PUBLICATIONS:
2021: Too Tired Anthology Volume 1 | Too Tired Press
2020: The Print Swap Book | Feature Shoot
2019: POND Photo Review | POND Magazine
2016: American Photography 32 Book | American Photography

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019: Caregiver Portraits and Biographies | 14Y Gallery, New York
2018: Portraits of the 14th Street Y | Cipriani, New York
2017: Portraits of the 14th Street Y | 14Y Gallery, New York
2015: Online Solo Exhibition | Girl Trip

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024: Soft Openings | Holding Space, Kingston, New York
2023: Midnight Garden | Chicory Naturalist, Kingston, New York
2022: Goodbye Summer, curated by Roslyn Julia | Float Magazine, Online
2022: Carry My Heart, curated by Troy Colby | Too Tired Project, Online
2022: Fill Your Cup, curated by Roslyn Julia | Too Tired Project, Online
2021: Hard Copy – A Photography Invitational | Art Association of Oswego, New York
2021: The Print Swap Exhibition | Foley Gallery, New York
2021: The Print Swap Exhibition | Laurent Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2020: Housed 2020 | SVA BFA Photography & Video, Online
2020: SVA All-Staff Art Show | School of Visual Arts Gallery, Online
2018: Family Photographs | Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, New York
2018: Confronting Mortality | LA Photo Curator, Online
2018: Group Show 58: On Death | Humble Arts Foundation, Online
2018: Bridget Badore & Breanna Bisek | Some Days Just Are, Online
2013: SVA Senior Show with Allen Frame | SVA Gallery, New York
2013: SVA Mentors Show with mentor Joe Maida | SVA Gallery, New York
2009: Lights On! presented by Arts on the Move | Brooklyn, New York
2009: Pains of Youth at Spark Contemporary Art Space | Syracuse, New York

INTERVIEWS & FEATURES:
2022: Bridget Badore Loves Chris Farley | Everyone Is Hot!
2022: Photographer Bridget Badore & Queso Share Zodiac Signs... | The Wildest
2022: Crying with Bridget Badore | The Mess on Radio Free Brooklyn
2021: Featured Photographer, Issue No. 95 | NYC Photo Community
2021: Episode 1 ft. Bridget Badore | Hoes With Feelings Podcast
2019: A Celebration of the Caregiver Community by Bridget Badore | Duggal
2019: Bridget Badore & Queso | Girls & Their Cats
2019: Understanding Bridget Badore | What Do You Mean?
2019: Member Spotlight | Starr Street Studios
2018: What’s It Actually Like to Go to Therapy? | The Chill Times
2018: Behind The Lens: Bridget Badore | Planoly
2017: Young Person’s Radio with Colby Smith | Radio Free Brooklyn
2016: Fashion Week Through Her Lens | The Style Line

TEACHING:
2021 - ongoing: DIY Pay-What-You-Can Workshops, Teaching Artist: All Ages | Remote / Online
2021 - 2022: Syracuse Photography Group, Photography Instructor: All Ages | Syracuse, New York
2021: Workshop Middle School, Teaching Artist: Photojournalism, Grade 6 | New York, New York
2020: Summer in the Cloud, Online Teaching Artist: Photography, Grades K-6 | Remote / Online
2019 - 2020: 14th Street Y After School, Teaching Artist: Advanced Photography, Grades 2-5 | New York, New York
2013 - 2020: 14th Street Y After School, Teaching Artist: Photography, Grades K-5 | New York, New York
2013 - 2015: New Country Day Camp, Head Teacher & Program Founder: Photojournalism, Grades 4-6 | New York, New York
2012 - 2014: School of Visual Arts, Teacher's Assistant for Sardi Klein: Photography On Assignment, Undergraduate | New York, New York
2009 - 2010: Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation, Arts Assistant: Grades K-8 | Brooklyn, New York
2009 - 2010: Town of Schroeppel Community Services, Head Art Teacher, Grades K-5 | Phoenix, New York

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The night the power went out in November 🌙 #120mm
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Some notes on ~heartbreak~ in its many forms coming shortly to your inbox via my ...November newsletter (very delayed, oops). December coming next week though, promise. 🤞 bridgetbadore.com/newsletter to subscribe
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Ben & Anna by light of the bonfire & a flashlight in September 🔥🔦 #120mm
Notes from the last 5 months (more photos, more words, more feelings, more context etc. once a month in my newsletter: link in bio) 🫑
I added a few more prints to my website! 🌸 www.bridgetbadore.com/shop aaaand if you subscribe to my newsletter you’ll get a little discount too 🙃 link in bio!
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