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 with a specialization in Fine Art Photography. Since then, he has exhibited and published his work across the United States and internationally. His photographs are part of the permanent collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Rashod is the 2021 recipient of the Arnold Newman Prize For New Directions in Photographic Portraiture. Taylor has taught numerous workshops at Anderson Ranch Art Center and other venues around the country. He has lectured 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, Los Angeles Center of Photography, among other venues. Editorial clients include National Geographic, The New York Times, 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 among others.