Austin Bryant is a photographer and writer based in Boston, Massachusetts. His work concerns communities of color and the landscape on which they remain. Through intimate connections with both people and place, he aims to memorialize the histories that have been forsaken or systematically erased.
Bryant received his BA from Boston College, and his MFA in Photography from the University of Hartford. His work has been supported by awards and grants from The Aftermath Project, CENTER Santa Fe, the Lucie Foundation, among others. He is now working on his first monograph.
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Bryant's photographic project “Where They Still Remain” serves as a memorial to the African American and Wampanoag indigenous communities on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. These two groups have had their histories intertwined on the island as they have faced centuries of displacement and oppression—often finding stability only in each other and the land on which they persist. Through his own photography alongside archival photographs and texts, Bryant aims to evoke the countless lives and stories lost to time and systematic erasure.
