Josh Bergeron (b. 1978, Seoul, South Korea) is an American photographer whose work examines how people inhabit public space across different social, cultural, and geographic contexts. Working primarily in color, his practice moves between long-term projects and open-ended street photography, often focusing on movement, labor, and the subtle structures that shape collective life.

Bergeron’s work has been exhibited internationally and is held in the permanent collections of institutions including Miami University, Indiana University, UC Berkeley, the University of Denver, and the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. His photographs have appeared in publications such as The Huffington Post, Reader’s Digest, Fraction Magazine, and Street Sweeper Magazine.

Selected Exhibitions

2024
Views from the Street, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
61st Annual Juried Members’ Show, Director’s Choice Award, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
SE Center Open ’24, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC

2021
La Nueva Cara, Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO
Shame Radiant, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO

2019
Afterparty at Jane Hotel, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY

2018
Addis Foto Fest (5th Edition), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2017
The City in All Its Colors, RATP Stations, Paris, France
Swap Shop with Magnum Photos, Theprintspace, London, UK
No Title Yet, B-Platform, Seoul, South Korea
Souvenir, Denver Public Library, Denver, CO
Built, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
imotif, Sohn Fine Art Gallery, Lenox, MA

2016
Miami Street Photography Festival, HistoryMiami Museum, Miami, FL
Berlin Photo Biennale, Palazzo Italia, Berlin, Germany
Cornucopia VII, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia

2014
WPGA 3rd International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, Municipal Heritage Museum, Málaga, Spain

2011
Milk Gallery Underground: Autumn 2011, Milk Gallery, New York, NY
Exposure, juried by Open Shutter Gallery and Steven McCurry, Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO

2010
The Art of Photography Today 2, Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO

Publications

F-Stop Magazine, Issue #86 (2017)
The Huffington Post
Reader’s Digest
Fraction Magazine
Street Sweeper Magazine

Collections

Miami University
Indiana University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Denver
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

Awards

2015
Jacob Riis Editorial Awards, Special Mention of the Jury

2014
Pollux Awards, Finalist — Culture and Daily Life; People

Scholarships & Education

2011
Passionate Photographer Scholarship, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM