QA: Brian Shumway, New York

Q&A: Brian Shumway, New York – Feature Shoot:

Brian Shumway is a New York City based photographer whose work blurs the line between portraiture, documentary and fine art photography. He has worked for Reader’s Digest, Smart Money, Newsweek, Time, XXL, TV Guide and the New York Times, among others, and has appeared in American Photography, Communication Arts, Shots Magazine and the Photo Review. Brian was one of Magenta Foundation’s top 25 ‘Emerging Photographers’ in the USA in 2006 and 2008. La Chureca, his story on the city dump in Managua, Nicaragua, was a finalist for the (Santa Fe) Center’s 2008 Project Competition. He is represented by Redux Pictures. This selection of pictures is from Happy Valley, which is a personal look at Utah Valley, misunderstood suburban home of the Mormons and ironically known as Happy Valley, through the daily life of his family.