About + Contact - Nathaniel Morrow

about.

Nathaniel Morrow (b. 1992) is an artist and photographer based in New York.

Working primarily without lenses, Morrow uses his hands and a bare camera sensor to produce shapes from raw light. Informed by his training as a writer, his projects explore the nature of creation and the creative act, and the limits of digital processes.

Morrow also works for Planned Parenthood Federation of America as a printer and photographer, and as a teaching assistant at the International Center of Photography. He lives in Brooklyn with his three partners.

Education.
2013. Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
BA in Creative Writing + Minor in Anthropology

Solo Exhibitions.
2026. The Light Itself. House Party, Brooklyn, New York

Group Exhibitions.
2026. All Mediums Salon Show. Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Publications.
2026. Green, Cassie. ”From Certification to Canvas: A Photographer’s Color Management Journey”. Printing Insider, February 2nd

Portrait.
by Umakant Jani

A photograph is a collaboration between a photographer and a subject. The photographer plays a critical role, but the photograph would not exist without a subject. I wanted to make photographs with no subject at all.

My work is intended to be as close as possible to a pure act of creation—making something from nothing. I use a technique I call 'bare-sensor photography', removing the lens from the camera and shaping the light using my hands. Instead of images, the process produces vivid gradients, shapes, and forms from raw light. I use post-processing to adjust details such as color and sharpness, but the light itself is original.

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