Joseph Rushmore

Spring 2024 Cycle Grant Recipient– Photography
Austin, TX josephrushmore.com

Prayer

Prayer; 2021; Digital Photograph

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An Entire Night in Secret; 2023; Digital Photograph

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Archangel; 2023; Digital Photograph

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Worship; 2021; Digital Photograph

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Worship; 2021; Digital Photograph

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Four Crosses; 2023; Digital Photograph

Hardcore.

Hardcore; 2023; Digital Photograph

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To Say No in Ten Different Ways; 2023; Digital Photograph

Teargas in Portland; Heaven is a place on earth.

Heaven is a Place on Earth; 2020; Digital Photograph

Writings in the dust in Tulsa. Closer.

Amen Written in Dust; 2023; Digital Photograph

Detail of Joseph Rushmore (b. 1984, Ada, OK) This Is a Request I

Ex Title: The Soul is a Wanderer
Venue: Oklahoma Contemporary
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Photo: Anne Sherman

Detail of Joseph Rushmore (b. 1984, Ada, OK) The River, 2023

Ex Title: The Soul is a Wanderer
Venue: Oklahoma Contemporary
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Photo: Anne Sherman

Joseph Rushmore (b. 1984, Ada, OK) No Known Place, 2019–2023

Ex Title: The Soul is a Wanderer
Venue: Oklahoma Contemporary
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Photo: Anne Sherman

Artist Statement Biography

Joseph Rushmore (b. 1984) is a documentary photographer based in Austin, Texas. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in the small town of Ada, Oklahoma. He grew up deep within the evangelical church, resulting in a lifelong pursuit to understand the apocalyptic worldview inherent within it. He began making photographs in 1999 as a teenager intent on documenting his personal life and the rural landscape in which he lived. For years he photographed and created other forms of art while working various manual labor jobs across Texas and Oklahoma and in 2016 he turned his eye towards documentary photography. since then he has worked for The New Yorker, New York Times, The Atlantic, Stern Magazine, Washington Post and more.

Joseph Rushmore (b. 1984) is a documentary photographer based in Austin, Texas. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in the small town of Ada, Oklahoma. He grew up deep within the evangelical church, resulting in a lifelong pursuit to understand the apocalyptic worldview inherent within it. He began making photographs in 1999 as a teenager intent on documenting his personal life and the rural landscape in which he lived. For years he photographed and created other forms of art while working various manual labor jobs across Texas and Oklahoma and in 2016 he turned his eye towards documentary photography. since then he has worked for The New Yorker, New York Times, The Atlantic, Stern Magazine, Washington Post and more.

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