Biography

Tom Schifanella combines his background as an award-winning advertising agency creative with a passion for photography, creating images that document the world around us. Recently, one of his images was selected by National Geographic for Planet or Plastic?, an international photography exhibition devoted to raising awareness of the global crisis in plastic waste.

Published Work

Exhibitions & Awards


  • 2022 AAP Magazine #26 Shapes  / Juried Exhibition / All About Photo
  • 2021 Faces of the Alcazar / Solo Exhibition / Lightner Museum / St. Augustine, FL 
  • 2021 Surrealism: The Unusual and the Subversive / Juried Exhibition / PhotoSC 
  • 2021 The Quiet Landscape / Juried Exhibition / PhotoPlace Gallery 
  • 2021 Animal Beings / Juried Exhibition / Praxis Gallery 
  • 2020 Dreamscapes and Visions / Juried Exhibition / PhotoPlace Gallery 
  • 2020 Second Place Award / Decay, Corrosion, Rust / NY Center for Photographic Art
  • 2019 Secondary Colors Exhibit / New York Center for Photographic Art  
  • 2019 Void Magazine Photography Annual
  • 2019 Landscape Exhibition / Glasgow Gallery of Photography / Scotland
  • 2019 The Sublime Landscape / Juried Exhibition / Praxis Gallery Minneapolis
  • 2019 COLOR - Juried Exhibition / Southeast Center of Photography
  • 2019 Abandoned Landscape / Juried Exhibition / Southeast Center of Photography
  • 2019 Now and Then Show - Southlight Gallery
  • 2018 Void Magazine Photography Annual
  • 2018 Visions 8 - A Group Exhibition of Monochrome Photography - Southlight Gallery
  • 2018 Let's Go Photography Exhibition - Haskell Gallery - Jax Airport
  • 2018 Gallery 725 Local Exposure Photography Exhibition - Third Place
  • 2018 Through The Lens Photography Exhibition
  • 2017 Void Magazine Photography Annual
  • 2016 National Geographic Photography Exhibit - UN Climate Conference, Marrakech
  • 2016 Gallery 725 Local Exposure Photography Exhibition - Best in Show
  • 2016 Gallery 725 Local Exposure Photography Exhibition - Award of Distinction
  • 2016 Southlight Gallery – Primal Light: Landscapes of Iceland

Photo: Ed Reyes





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