Curation
As a curator I highlight a diverse set of new voices in photography through exhibitions and photo books.
I have worked with over 500 photographers and partnered with organizations like ICP, Magnum, Howard University, and WeTransfer.
For the International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography.
As the founding curator of the ongoing Projected exhibit series Wesley focused on new voices telling stories through concerned photography.
Projected featured the work of nearly 300 photographers from over 50 countries, including some of today’s most compelling voices like Tyler Mitchell, Yumna Al-Arashi, and Nadine Ijewere.
Projected engaged a audience nearing 100 million photography lovers through collaborations with like-minded companies, publications and institutions including Magnum, WeTransfer, and the United Nations.
For a full list of past Projected exhibits see below. Photograph above by JD Hall, below by Nick Mehedin.
ICP Projected Exhibitions
2017
001 — “Hue Don’t Own Me”, by Victoria Siemens
002 — “Displaced (A First Look)”, By Sara Kerens & Majd Taby
003 — “Young Explorers”, by Jacob Krupnick
004 — “Arab Documentary Photo Program”, in collaboration with Magnum Photos
005 — “After Parks”, by Andre D. Wagner
006 — “Everyday”, by Noah Kalina
007 — “Invisible America”, by Phillip Eastman
008 — “Female to “Male”, by Wynne Neilly
009 — “Formless”, by Amarachi Nwosu
010 — “BAM’s Next Wave, A Retrospective” (group show)
011 — “ID” in collaboration with VSCO (group show)
012 — “Neon Nights”, by Daniel Soares
013 — “Face”, by Yumna Al-Arashi
014 — “Weeknight Dinners”, by Lois Bielefeld
015 — “Influence of Affluence”, by Lauren Greenfield
016 — “Next Image Awards” (group show)
017 — ICP Spotlights: Lynsey Addario
018 — “Face Off”, by Jacob Burge
019 — “95 48”, by Micaiah Carter
020 — Talk in Images: Food Preview (group show)
021 — “Hanging Out”, by Alessandra Sanguinetti
022 — “Masks Myths and Subjects”, by Alexandra Polina
023 — “Cheer Up Luv”, by Eliza Hatch
024 — “Talk in Images: Food”, by Brenton Little
2018
025 — “Saving Face”, by Melissa Bunni Elian
026 — “You’ll Know It When You Feel It”, by Raphela Rosella
027 — “Area Boys”, by Tom Saater
028 — “El Cimarrón Y Su Fandango”, by Mara S. Renero
029 — “Talk in Images: Home”, by Jessica Zollman
030 — “Remnants”, by Nick Mehedin
031 — “Losing Him”, by Anjali Pinto
032 — “Japanese Internment”, by Paul Kitagaki Jr.
033 — “Talk in Images - Love”, by Kyle Steed
034 — “Pretty In Punk: Downtown Girls”, by Julia Gorton
035 — “Craigslist Encounters”, by Kremer Johnson
036 — “Connected Off The Grid”, by Rachel Bujalski
037 — “Talk in Images - Work”, by Pei Ketron
038 — “9-ja_17”, by Nadine Ijewere
039 — “Hāfu2Hāfu”, by Tetsuro Miyazaki
040 — “Woman”, by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg
041 — “Talk in Images - Mood”, by Dan Rubin
042 — “Emerging Analog”, by Various Artists in collaboration with Kodak
043 — “Young Motherhood”, by Jendella Benson
044 — “On Campus”, Howard University (group show)
045 — “Talk in Images - Body”, by Aundre Larrow
046 — “A Silent Place”, by Jonathan Harris
047 — “Beacon’s Walk Out”, by Victoria Stevens
048 — “Projected Year One”, by Various Artists
049 — “Off Campus”, Howard University (group show)
050 — “Talk in Images - Hope”, by Lauren Lemon
051 — “ICP Teen Academy” (group show)
052 — “Noriental”, by Elizabeth Wirija
053 — “Dreamers of Oregon”, by Holly Andres
054 — “Portraiture and Representation” (group show)
055 — “Freed from ISIL” (group show) in collaboration the UN
056 — “The Seed And Spiritual Reflections”, by Milbert Brow
057 — “Underneath Us”, by Mónica Suárez Galindo
058 — “Daily Commute”, by Dina Alfasi
059 — “Beyond Limits”, by Diana Sancho
060 — “Hair Stories”, by Lia Clay
061 — “Detroit’s Youngest”, by Elaine Cromie
062 — “Under Our Own Control”, by Oscar Castillo
063 — “Nagar”, by Anu Kumar
064 — “The Natural Hair Project”, by Alex Niragira
065 — “The Necessary Evil”, by Leonard Pongo
066 — “Boys”, by Rosie Matheson
067 — “For Freedoms: Home and Abroad”, by ICP Students
068 — “Palimpsests”, by Max Sher
069 — “Particle For Scale”, by Erinn Springer
070 — “Within Each Cup”, by Schmoo Theune
071 — “Street Photography”, by Masha Ivashintsova
072 — “This Side of Hoover”, by Samanta Helou Hernandez
073 — “Vantage Point 24” (group show)
2019
074 — “How She Loves”, by Charmaine Poh
075 — “Counternarratives”, by Alexandra Bell
076 — “Inside North Korea”, by Oliver Wainwright
077 — “Covered in Ash”, by Jordan Sirek
078 — “Big Picture Stories”, by Noel Wells
079 — “Hearing Me Hearing God”, by Gabriel Rivera
080 — “ICP Teen Image Makers” (group show)
081 — “Hotel Luso”, by Daniel Jack Lyons
082 — “Urban Observations” (group show)
083 — “Half-Way Mountain”, by Giulia Mangione
084 — “Khanyi’s Dance”, by Alice Mann
085 — “An Elegy for the Death of Hamun”, by H. Shakeri
086 — “Cadets”, by Simon Martin
087 — “ICP Projected: 2019 Infinity Awards”
088 — “Pastel Struggle”, by Karen Khachaturov
089 — “All of Us”, by Richard Beaven
090 — “For Freedoms: 50 State Initiative” (group show)
091 — “Inside Za’atari” (group show)
092 — “Uganda’s Vespa Club”, by Ariel Tagar
093 — “Pursuit”, by Naima Green
094 — “Master -- An Ainu Story”, by Adam Isfendiyar
095 — “Gathering Growth”, by Brian Kelley
096 — “Sofie”, by Snezhana von Buedingen
For WeTransfer
WeTransfer is the simplest way to send files around the world. Every month, creatives in 195 countries send over one billion files.
In 2013, Wesley joined WeTransfer as their first curator-at-large with a focus on new voices in the North American creative community. Over a period of three years, he curated work by nearly 600 photographers, illustrators, and graphic designers, including Wendy MacNaughton, Andre D. Wagner, and Daniel P. Shea. Their work generated over 40M page views.
