Dede Reed is a photographer and writer. Her black and white photographs are grounded in classical compositions. Her palladium portraits, landscapes, and still life images are imbued with saturated light, and her color studies are reminiscent of painterly monoprints. Dede’s photography influences range from Tina Modotti and Paul Strand to Flor Garduño. Her written works have been inspired by Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather, W.G. Sebald, and James Salter. She admires Elena Ferrante, Rachel Cusk, and Patti Smith, among many other contemporary writers.
Dede’s first novel, Velvet Spring, a book about four generations of women who live in Czechoslovakia during the communist era, is available on Amazon. Her 2007 memoir, Through the Narrows, tells the stories of summers on an Adirondack Lake. Her third book, Other Lives, short stories that take place in Mexico, was published in March 2018.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dede attended The San Francisco Art Institute and the University of Colorado. She has studied at Maine Media Workshops, Anderson Ranch, The Aspen Writers Conference, and The Writers Studio in New York. She has lived in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Mexico, Singapore, and France. She divides her time between New York, Colorado, Maryland, and France.
Dede has been represented by Bonni Benrubi and The Kathryn Markel Gallery in New York City, Joel Soroka Gallery in Aspen, Colorado, Emma Molina Gallery in Monterrey, Mexico, and Ten High Street Gallery in Camden, Maine.
Private Collections:
The Whitney Museum
Solo and Group Photographic Exhibitions:
The Art Base, Basalt, Colorado 2021
The Century Association, New York, New York 2018
The Century Association, New York, New York 2017
The Hawthorne Gallery, Winston Salem N.C. 2008
The Barn Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts 2008
De Paul Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 2008
Ten High Street, Camden, Maine 2008
The Beadleston Gallery, New York 2001
Emma Molina Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico 2000
Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, New York 1999
Owens-Dewey Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1997
Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, New York 1996
Mayans Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1995
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1995
Alley Café Gallery, Aspen, Colorado 1994