Scott Thode

Scott Thode is an independent curator, editor, teacher and photographer. He has served as President of the W. Eugene Smith Fund for the past three years. Previously Scott was the Residency Program Director and curator at NYCSALT. He has co-curated numerous exhibitions with Kathy Ryan, including Look3 Festival of the Photograph, The School of Visual Arts and The Cortona On the Move Photo Festival; and independently, at the Photofest Querétaro in Mexico. As a visual editor, Scott has worked for E.O. Wilson’s Life On Earth and was the editor of VII The Magazine. For years, he was the Deputy Picture Editor at Fortune Magazine. As a photographer, Scott was the recipient of numerous photography awards and his work has been exhibited at Visa Pour L’Image in Perpignan, France, The Bienalle Internazionale di Fotografia in Turin, Italy, The Colonnade Gallery in Washington, D.C. and Photographic Nights of Selma Festival in Selma, Alabama, and other group shows. Scott teaches at The International Center for Photography and has taught at The School for Visual Arts in New York City.