Todd R. Darling is an American documentary photographer based in Hong Kong for sixteen years, where he began his career photographing the Umbrella Movement for Polaris Images in 2014. He studied Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism at the International Centre of Photography and the Eddie Adams workshop XXX in 2017. Todd recently completed work on a documentary project that began in 2016, about Paterson NJ. The project, inspired by local poets William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg, is a lyrical interrogation of the American dream told through the singular experience of America’s first industrial city and its people. He’s currently studying at the Savannah College of Arts and Design.
Clients & Publications
Time
PDN
The British Journal of Photography
L’Express
Spiegel
American Photography
Brick the Magazine
American Scholar
Feature Shoot
The Heavy Collective
Hamburger Eyes
ChinaFile
Hong Kong Free Press
The Guardian
Al - Jazeera
Recognition
2021: “American Idyll - Pictures from Paterson” Finalist Lucie Portrait Awards
2020: “Portrait of Hong Kong” Honorable Mention, Budapest Foto Awards
2020: “Portrait of Hong Kong” Finalist Lensculture Black & White Award
2020: “American Idyll” Book Category, Silver Medal, Paris Photo Prize (Px3)
2020: “Portrait of Hong Kong”, Selected for The State of the World Exhibition, Paris Photo Prize (Px3)
2020: “Anti-extradition Law Protests” Reportage, Shortlist Kolga Tbilisi Photo
2020: “American Idyll” Documentary, Shortlist Kolga Tbilisi Photo
2020: “Anti-Anti-extradition Law Protests” Chosen, American Photography 36
2020: “Portrait of Hong Kong” Finalist Sienna International Photo Awards
2019: “Paterson Portraits” Winner Lensculture Street Photography Award
2018: “Paterson Portraits” Finalist Sienna International Photo Awards
2018: “American Idyll - Pictures from Paterson” Winner PDN 8th Annual Exposure Photography Award
2018: “American Idyll - Pictures from Paterson, NJ”, Selected, American Photography 34
2017: “American Idyll”, Honorable Mention, Neutral Density Awards
2017: “American Idyll”, Honorable Mention, International Photo Awards
2017: Rita K. Hillman Award for Excellence, ICP
2017: Colton Family Award, Eddie Adams Workshop XXX
2017: “American Idyll - Pictures from Paterson” British Journal of Photography Breakthrough Winner
2016: Life Framer “Open Call” Winner
Grants
2017: “American Idyll - Pictures from Paterson” Documentary Arts Fellowship
Education
2019 - Present: Bachelor of Arts, Visual Communication: Savannah College of Arts & Design
2017: Eddie Adams Workshop XXX, USA
2016: Visual Journalism and Documentary Practice: International Center of Photography, USA
In the Press
2018: Todd R. Darling Photographing Paterson, State of the Arts NJ, PBS
Exhibitions
2021: “American Idyll”, Documentary Arts Fellowship, Truth in Photography, Online
2020: “Portrait of Hong Kong”, PX3, Paris France (Delayed)
2020: “Portrait of Hong Kong”, Breda Photo Festival, Breda, The Netherlands
2019: “Portrait of Hong Kong” Angkor Wat Photo Festival, Strangefruit & Jam Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia
2017: “American Idyll” New Jersey & You, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2017: “American Idyll - The Paterson Project” BJP Breakthrough Exhibition, Old Truman Brewery, London, UK
Books
2018: New York Edited, Out of Place, Ostkreuzschule fur Fotographie, Berlin, Germany
2018: American Photography 34