Zora Murff
Lincoln, NE, United States
Zora J Murff is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Arkansas. Zora received his MFA in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and holds a BS in Psychology from Iowa State University. Combining his education in human services and art, Zora's photography focuses on how images are used to reinforce social and cultural constructs including race and criminality. His work has been exhibited nationally, internationally, and featured online including Aperture Magazine, The New Yorker, VICE Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, and The New York Times. In 2018, Zora was selected for the 2019 Light Work Artist-in-Residence Program, named the Daylight Photo Award Winner in 2017, and was also selected as a LensCulture 2017 Top 50 Emerging Talent with his collaborative partner Rana Young.
2017 - Lucie Photobook Prize, 2017 - Daylight Photo Awards, 2016 - Imagining America, 2016 - 4th Annual New York Times Portfolio Review, 2015 - LensCulture
- Arts
- Editorial
- Environment
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Still life