About
Artist statement My interest in photography lies principally in exploring moments that are undefined. I am fascinated when a dialog emerges from what appears to be the simplest of moments from states of uncertainty and transience. A raw and unpretentious moment can reveal complexities, evoke imagined histories, and hidden truths.
Photographer & visual artist Tal Shpantzer has been based in New York since 2000. Tal has spent several years studying & shooting in Tel-Aviv, Prague & Europe after graduating from MCAD, with a B.F.A. degree in Photography/Media Art (Honors). Her work has been published and exhibited nationally and internationally.
She is the recipient of the prestigious IPC Photo Gold Achievement award at the UN. A Best In Show award - APA Annual exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery - 2026, an APA American Photographic Artists Award - 2025 for her Documentary/Street photography. A Soros Center for Contemporary Art grant for her Limbus Diary series, and a Morrison Vanderlipt media award.
Most recently her work was exhibited at The Center For Photographic Art, Carmel, curated by Elizabeth Avedon, and can be found in W Magazine, a portrait of the artist Kiki Smith, in HBO'S True Detective & in the feature film The Upside.
Tal's line Talfoto, brings her award winning fine-art photography to private collections, Botanical Gardens, Arboretums, museums & stationery shops and global hotels.
Tal Shpantzer
Brooklyn based, award winning photographer, Tal Shpantzer works across genres of fine Art, portrait, documentary, and fashion photography. Her work has been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally throughout her career spanning several continents. Tal’s work can be found published in W Magazine – A portrait of artist Kiki Smith, in HBO’s True Detective, PhotoVogue.it, The Upside feature film, luxury hotels & private art collections worldwide. Tal is the recipient of the prestigious IPC Photo Gold Achievement award at the UN, an APA – American Photographic Artists award, Best In Show award, an APA award for Documentary/Street photography, a Soros Center for Contemporary Art Grant for her Limbus Diary series, and the Morrison Vanderlip Media Award. Most recently Tal explores Identity, memory and our connection to nature in her ongoing Botanical series Petal Portraits. Tal established Talfoto, a notecard, stationery & gift company that has had great success in distributing her work through an extensive retail network to Botanical Gardens, Museum shops & boutiques to offer accessible art photography to a wide audience. Originally from Israel, Tal studied Photography/Media Art at MCAD (Honors), spent years studying & shooting in Tel-Aviv, Prague & Europe and now lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Selected Exhibitions
Prague House of Photography
Frankfort Art, Germany
Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv
Tiroche Auction House, Tel Aviv
Richterova Villa, Prague
Starter & Sorter Gallery, Prague
Rabbitholestudio Gallery, Dumbo NY
VBrooklyn Video Festival
ICP Art Auction, NY
Witzenhausen Gallery Art Fair, Armory week, NY
Witzenhausen Gallery, Chelsea NY 2016
ArtMRKT Hamptons, NY 2016
A Smith Gallery, TX 2024
Center For Photographic Art, CA 2024
A Smith Gallery, TX 2025
A Smith Gallery, TX 2025
Soho Photo Gallery, APA Annual Exhibit, Ny 2026
CLIENT LIST
· Walt Disney Signature
· HBO
· MTV
· NBC
· W Magazine
· Leo Burnett Advertising
· HarpersBazzar - CZ
· Rolling-stone - CZ
· Associated Press
· Capitol Records
· EMI Records
· Hed Artzi Records
· The Adversery
· The Rae Mackenzie Group
· VGroup World
· Methods NYC
· B1 Management
· Marc Wilson Design
· RAB-ID Design NY
· Mansfield Communications
· Smock Magazine
· Dell Magazines
· Fashionstock
· Hayden-Harnett
· Huminska
· Marlon Gobel
· Ayaka Nishi Design
· LETTER 7
· Cicatelli Associates Inc.
· TimeOut NY
· Kid-In
· Soundations
· Mens-groom.com
· ITO EN NY/Japan
· Ultrafine
· Creek & Cave
· Zarif.Design
· Artofthebeast
· DesignFlowID
· SubdivisionArt
· Scribe Media
· AykaAyka
· Victor De Souza
· Juliette & Company
· Tatareef Jewelry
· B-Lowthebelt
· Shebee
· Modacycle
· Kiki Smith
· Vogue India
· Alberta Ferretti
· Pashma
· Hanaa Fu Japan
· Showroom Seven
· Fiftytwo Showroom
· AHQ Showroom
· ROARK
· Langoliers
· Serupui Marie
· Vassalo
· Nooka
· The Zoo
· The Evolution Store
· InterMix
· Gap
· Non Profit Organizations:
· BentOnLearning
· Housing Works
· Bailey House
· French-American Aid For Children Inc.
· ProjectAir
· Leket
· Bay Street Theatre
· MRKTworks
· Partnership for Jewish Life & Learning
· Jazz Foundation of America