Josh Bergeron (b. 1978, Seoul, South Korea) is an American photographer whose work explores the relationship between people and the environments they inhabit. Working primarily in color, he works in public space, examining the subtle physical, social, and cultural structures that shape movement, labor, gathering, and everyday life. Through long-term projects and sustained observation, his photographs investigate how environments quietly influence human behavior, revealing the ways people occupy, adapt to, and experience place.

Bergeron’s work has been exhibited internationally at institutions and festivals including the Griffin Museum of Photography, Photometria International Photography Festival (Greece), Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Los Angeles Center of Photography, HistoryMiami Museum, Berlin Photo Biennale, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival, Addis Foto Fest, and Museo de las Americas. His photographs are held in the permanent collections of Miami University, Indiana University, University of California, Berkeley, the University of Denver, and the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. His work has appeared in The Huffington Post, Reader’s Digest, Fraction Magazine, F-Stop Magazine, and Street Sweeper Magazine.

Selected Exhibitions

2026
Material Work: Toil & Grace (Virtual), The Griffin Museum of Photography
Non Stop Pop, Photometria International Photography Festival, Kavala, Greece

2025
Thresholds 2025: The Bold Edition (Virtual), Los Angeles Center of Photography

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 Steve 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

Portfolio Reviews

2025
Month of Photography Denver

2023
Month of Photography Denver