Sydney Krantz (b. 1992) is an image maker, artist, and bug-lover. She lives and works between NJ & NYC, and has a car! Krantz received a BFA in photography from Massachusetts College of Art + Design in 2014.
Play and experimentation are central to Krantz’s artistic practice. Through experimental photographic techniques, she explores the sensory impressions that shape our perceptions of the world. Her work is deeply inspired by the concept of Umwelt—the idea that every living being experiences reality in a distinct and subjective way. Photography becomes her tool for examining how these individual sensory experiences influence our understanding, balancing the medium’s inherent qualities of illusion and material transformation with its connection to the real world.
This concept of Umwelt underpins all of Krantz’s creations, driving her to explore how beings experience the world both individually and collectively. She is particularly drawn to the overlap of personal realities and fascinated by how our brains and eyes process light to construct what we see—and how we see it.
Ultimately, Krantz’s work is about posing questions: How do we perceive? How do we connect? How do we make sense of the visible and invisible worlds that surround us?
She has been exhibited internationally, has self-published a zine, is a member of Women Photograph, an American Photography selected winner, has been shortlisted for Palm* Photo Prize (2020), published in Booooooom, Ignant, Humble Arts Foundation, and Oranbeg Press, among others, and has contributed to LA Times, New York Times, Business Insider, NBC, Pop Up Magazine, and more.
INQUIRIES: SYDNEY@SKRANTZ.COM
(973) 259-6622
EDUCATION
2014 BFA Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2013 Study Abroad, Massey University, Wellington, NZ
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Open Call, Glasgow Gallery of Photography
2023 Artwalk, The Brewery, Los Angeles
2022 Artwalk, The Brewery, Los Angeles
2021 The Family Of, Peep Space Gallery, Tarrytown, NY
2018 CMC Showcase: 38, Brooklyn, NYC
2018 Urbn Expo, Jefferson Market Library, NYC
2018. LOOKING AT YOU: Intimate Portraiture, Juried by Jess T. Dugan, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Georgia
2018 Group show 60, Winter Pictures, Humble Arts Foundation, HAFNY.org
2015 Fameless Quarterly Social, Creation Gallery, NYC
2014 State of Mind, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Senior Thesis Photography Show, President 's Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Senior Show, Bakalar and Paine Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Like a Rowboat, Aviary Gallery, Boston, MA
IN PRINT
2023 AP39, American Photography
2022 Griefmeat, Zine, Self Published
2020 Structure | Flow, Array Photo Journal, Issue 04
2020 Magic Hour, Booooooom
2020 Small Victories , Booooooom
2019 It’s A Toss Up, Oranbeg Press
2015 Issue 03, UNDO Magazine
2015 Pleasure, Fameless Quarterly
2014 Pacific Dissent
PRESS
2023 Boooooom
2018 Ignant
2018 Booooooom
2017 Feature Shoot
COMMISSIONS
2023 LA Times, This Must Be Manhattan Beach
2022 Pop-Up Magazine, The Sidewalk Issue
2021 NBC, Illegal Marijuana Farms Pose Wildfire Risk In California's Parched National Forests
AWARDS
2024 Scholarship Recipient, NDA Workshop
2024 Scholarship Recipient, StrudelmediaLive
2023 AP39, American Photography, Selected Winner
MISC
2022 Mentor, Las Fotos Project
2021 Accepted Member, Women Photograph
2021 Mentor, Las Fotos Project
2020 Creative Species, Founder
2018 Principle Photographer, Net-A-Porter
2017 Intern, David LaChapelle
2013 Gallery Intern, Aviary Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 MassArt Photobook Auction Assistant
Listening to: my summer playlist
Reading: The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion & Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake
Clubs: LA Mycology Society, NJ Foraging
INQUIRIES: SYDNEY@SKRANTZ.COM
All artworks appearing on this website are copyrighted and protected under United States and international copyright laws. The works on this website may not be reproduced in any form, stored, or manipulated without prior written permission from Sydney Krantz Studio.
Copyright © 2024 Sydney Krantz