Jay Seldin
Documentary Photographer
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Different places. Different lives. Shared humanity.
For more than three decades, Jay Seldin has photographed people as they are, in the places where they live their lives. Working in black and white across America and around the world, his photographs explore personality, environment, and the realities of everyday life.
“The geography changes. The humanity doesn’t.”
Jay Seldin
Jay Seldin is a documentary photographer whose black-and-white images explore the humanity of everyday life. For more than four decades, he has traveled throughout the United States and across the globe, photographing people, places, and the environments that shape their lives.
His work is rooted in observation, curiosity, and the belief that even the most ordinary moments can reveal something extraordinary. From crowded city streets to remote communities, Seldin's photographs capture the dignity, complexity, and quiet connections that define our shared human experience.
Selected Recognition & Collections
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Fellowship in Photography, 2023–2024
The Photo Review
First Prize, 2017
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Photo Artist Grant, 2003, 2005
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Museum of the City of New York
Rising Waters 2.0, 2014
Monmouth Museum
Juror's Award, 2013
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Forbidden: Forever Cuba, Solo Exhibition, 2010
Montclair Art Museum
New Jersey Fine Arts Annual, 2024
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Googleplex
Mountain View, California
BlackRock
New Jersey
Johnson & Johnson
New Jersey
Morrison & Foerster LLP
San Francisco and New York
Additional corporate and private collections
ART FOR SPACES