Introduction
Chicago-born photographer, poet, and short-documentary filmmaker Dennis Fagan moved to Austin, Texas some thirty plus years ago after studying writing at the University of Iowa to attend graduate school at the University of Texas. He remains in Austin today and is the father of two sons.
Since opening his studio, Still and Moving Pictures, Dennis has won numerous awards and citations in the fields of editorial, advertising, and fine art photography. He is a two-time winner of the Santa Fe Assignment Earth Competition, and has received honors at Lürzer's Archive, the Communication Arts Photo Annual and PRINT Design Annual.
Fagan’s editorial work has appeared in Texas Monthly, Der Stern, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post and Wired. His images are in many private collections as well as in the permanent collections of The Harry Ransom Center, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and The Wittliff Collection. His documentary work has been featured at FotoFest, Houston’s International Biennial of Photography in ’02, ’04, and 2010.
