Rashod Taylor MYFIVE

Rashod Taylor is a fine art and portrait photographer whose work addresses themes of family, intimacy, legacy, and the black experience. He attended Murray State University and received a Bachelor's degree in Art specializing in Fine Art Photography. Since then, he has exhibited and published his work across the United States and internationally. His work is actively collected by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston for his series Little Black Boy. Rashod is the 2021 recipient of the Arnold Newman Prize For New Directions in Photographic Portraiture.
Taylor has taught numerous workshops at Anderson Ranch ArtCenter and other venues nationwide. He has been invited to present lectures at Stanford University, George Washington University, Savannah College of Art and Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Maine Media Workshop + College, and Los Angeles Center of Photography, among other venues.
Editorial clients include National Geographic, Essence Magazine, ProPublica, and Buzzfeed News. His work has been featured in CNN, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Hulu, Forbes, Feature Shoot, and Lenscratch. He is currently working on a series called Little Black Boy, where he documents his son’s life while examining the Black American experience and fatherhood. He lives in Springfield, MO, with his wife and son.