About Jeff
Jeff Wiles’ edgy composites and “street” genre photographs have earned him numerous awards, exhibitions, and publication.
Jeff’s work has been included in seven Pennsylvania “Art of the State” exhibitions (including three pieces selected for the 2017 exhibit); juried exhibits at the New York Center for Photographic Arts, NYC; the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI; the Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR; the A. Smith Gallery of photographic arts, Johnson City, TX; the Griffin Museum of Photography, MA; Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; Darkroom Gallery, Vermont; PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont; the Pennsylvania Center for Photography; the Southeast Center for Photography; the Midwest Center for Photography; the Banana Factory "InVision" Photography Competition; "FOCUS" juried exhibition at the Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, Md., the Allegany National Photography Competition, the Annmarie Art Center (Smithsonian affiliate), Solomons, Md., and numerous solo showings. He is also included in the Sante Fe Photo-Eye Gallery "Art Photo Index".
He was a Spotlight Award Winner in the 2019 Black and White magazine Portfolio Contest and a People's Choice Award winner in its 2021 Single Image Contest. He was also a Black and White magazine 2018 Single Image Contest winner in three categories, including People's Choice Award winner in the Digital Manipulation category. He was named a winner in two categories of Black and White magazine's 2017 Single Issue Competition and was "spotlighted" in the October 2017 issue.
In 2015, he was named by BWGallerist as one of the top ten "Best of the Best" Emerging Fine Art Photographers and was a top ten finisher in "The Photo Review" 2015 photo contest.
He has received numerous awards and prizes in local and international competitions, including the Banana Factory InVision Photo Competition; the Photo Review; Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College; the Art Association of Harrisburg; The Susquehanna Art Museum; the Milton S. Hershey Museum and Gallery; Photographer’s Forum magazine; Black & White magazine; and Photoworkshop.com international contests.
His photos have been published in Black + White Photography (UK), Black & White,
F-STOP, SHOTS, COLOR, Photographer’s Forum, Street Photography and AfterCapture magazines and “The Washington Post”. He was awarded fourth place in the Photographer’s Forum magazine 2014 annual international competition which included over 10,000 entries and received a Merit Award in the Black & White 2014 portfolio contest. He was also a Gold Award winner in the March 2011 issue of COLOR Magazine’s single photo contest issue.