Scott Dalton is a documentary photographer living in Houston, Texas. He was based for 14 years throughout Latin America, mainly in Bogotá, Colombia, where he photographed the civil conflict and drug war before returning to his home state of Texas. He now photographs editorial and corporate assignments while spending his free time working on long-term personal projects. Currently he is working along the U.S.-Mexico border as well as projects throughout the American South. His photography has appeared in the New York Times, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Harper's, Time, Newsweek, the Washington Post Magazine, Condé Nast Portfolio, Business Week, and The New Yorker, among other outlets. His documentary film, LA SIERRA, won numerous awards and has been broadcast by PBS, BBC, HBO Latino, and many other international broadcasters.
EDUCATION
MFA in Photography, University of Hartford
Bachelor of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin
WORK
2009 - Present Freelance photographer based in Houston, Texas
2001-2009 Freelance photographer based in Bogotá, Colombia
1999-2001 Associated Press photographer based in Bogotá, Colombia
1998-1999 Associated Press photographer based in Guatemala City, Guatemala
1995-1998 Associated Press photographer based in Panama City, Panama
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Where the River Bends, Blue Sky Galley, Portland, OR
2015 Exit Taft, Newspace Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Where the River Bends, Photo NOLA, New Orleans, LA
2013 China, Tibet and Nepal, SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA
2012 So Close, So Far, Fotofest, Galveston Arts Center
2010 Macondo, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 MFAH Musuem of Fine Arts Houston, Kinder Building - Border, Mapping, Witness, Houston, TX
2020 HCP Auction Exhibition, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
2019 New Southern Photography, Ogden Musuem of Southrn Art, New Orleans, LA
2019 HCP Auction Exhibition, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
2018 Seeing Harvey, Fotofest, Houston, TX
2016 You Are Here: Texas Photographers Respond to the Texas Landscape, Wright Gallery, College Station, TX
2014 Documentary: 19th Annual, juror Whitney Johnson, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
2014 Annual Membership Exhibition Newspace, Portland, OR
2014 New Orleans Culture, Multi-Media Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
2014 Portraits 2014, The Center for Fine Art Photography
2014 The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2014
2014 One by One, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver Colorado
2014 Home, Oso Bay Biennial XVIII, Corpus Christi, TX
2014 Art at Work, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon
2014 Black and White, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
2014 Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia – So Close, So Far – Screening Exhibition
2013 Photo Forum, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
2013 Split Seconds, 25CPW, NY, NY
2013 Split Seconds, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT
2012 Anthology 2012, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
2012 Contents: Love, Anxiety, Happiness, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
2012 Contents: Love, Anxiety, Happiness, RayKo, San Francisco
2012 Contents: Love, Anxiety, Happiness, Newspace, Portland, OR
2012 Long Lonely Swims, Kominek Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2011 Fotofest 175 Years of Houston, Allen Center, Houston, TX
2011 HCP Auction Exhibition, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
2010 Gulf Coast, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA
2010 Exposed, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
2010 HCP Auction Exhibition, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
2002 Colombian Conflict, Visa Pour L’image, screening exhibition, Perpignan France
PHOTOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS
Harper’s, GEO, VQR, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, The New Yorker, New York Times, The Guardian UK, Conde Nast Portfolio, Time, Newsweek, Business Week, Spot, Washington Post Magazine, Bloomberg Magazine, Rolling Stone, Huck, among others.
FILMS
2005 La Sierra - Director/Producer
FILM BROADCASTS & SELECTED SCREENINGS
2006 PBS – La Sierra - Independent Lens
2006 BBC- La Sierra as “Gangs of Medellin” - Storyville
2006 HBO Latino – La Sierra
2006 MoMA New York, La Sierra, Documentary Fortnight
2006 MFAH Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Latin Wave Film Festival
2006 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2006 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York City
2005 Slamdance, Park City, Utah
2005 Miami International Film Festival
2005 Los Angeles Film Festival
HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS
2020 BOP Best of Photojournalism - Honorable Mention - Portrait/Personality
2019 PDN Photo District News Annual - Photojournalism
2019 American Photography 35 Winner
2014 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography - Finalist
2014 Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund – Nominee
2014 Juror Merit Award, The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2014
2012 Best of Photojournalism, 3rd Place, Portrait Series, Ciudad Juárez
2011 Critical Mass – Top Five, Finalist
2011 1st Place – MPS Documentary Fund – New Orleans Photo Alliance
2011 POYi – Award of Excellence – Sports Feature, Ciudad Juárez
2010 HCP – Houston Center of Photography – Fellowship Award
2009 Critical Mass – Finalist, Top 50
2009 Santa Fe Prize - Nominee
2007 Best of Photojournalism, 3rd place Portraits, Macondo
2006 Winner International Premiere Award/One World Media Awards, London, England
2006 Nominated, Best Documentary, Independent Spirit Awards, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Best Documentary, La Sierra, Miami International Film Festival
2005 Best Documentary, La Sierra, Bahamas Film Festival
2005 Honorable Mention, Best Documentary, La Sierra, Slamdance Film Festival
2004 Directors Award/Best Documentary, La Sierra, IFP Market, New York
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS /ARTICLES
2015 Lenscratch – Where the River Bends
2013 Slate, Mexican Faith Healers, Online publication
2012 I Love Texas Photo Blog, Jasmine DeFoore, Interview
2011 La Fototeca, Centro de Fotografia Contemporanea, Guatemala
2011 14 Most Dangerous Locations for Photojournalists, Photoshelter
2006 PDN Photo District News, Photographers Kidnapped, December 2006
2005 New York Times, Where Violence Reigned, Camera Has Compassion
2005 Village Voice, Devastating Doc’s Close-Up on Colombian Gang Warfare
VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES/PANELS
2015 Newspace Center for Photography, Portland Oregon
2012 New Orleans Photo Alliance, Lecture presentation on Ciudad Juárez series
2012 Intersection in Photography – Picturing Crisis, University of Texas at Austin
2011 University of Houston, Visual Sociology, Photographic Methods
2011 Houston Center of Photography, Youth Outreach Photography Lecture
2010 Rice University - Photography Lecture
2006 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, Latin Wave Festival, Panel
2003 University of Texas at Austin, Photography Lecture