About J. David Tabor
Born on the banks of the mighty Salt River in the Sonoran desert, J. David Tabor has lived as a spoken word artist, welder, bronzesmith and photographer. Through his photography, he explores Phoenix, Arizona, where he currently resides with his wife Sue and their dog Stout. David has been exhibiting his work nationally.
PUBLICATIONS
2025
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"Ad Astra Per Aspera" (self-published zine of photos from Kansas)
2024
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Latente Zine #4 Winter
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Dirty Water (self-published zine of Boston)
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Alchemy of the Unknowns with Lisa Tang Liu (self-published book with selections from a long-distance film swap project)
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Tucker (self-published zine of desert nature photos)
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Suburban Sample Platter (self-published zine of suburban Phoenix photos)
2023
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Paper Dragon, Volume 6, Drexel University literary magazine
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Plastic Perspective: Issue 5 (Fall), collective Holga community photos, curated by Anna Starr
2022
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Known Knowns (self-published zine of Polaroid photos)
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Unknown Unknowns (self-published zine of toy camera photos)
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Exists Otherwise, Vol 1, a poetry and art magazine
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Plastic Perspective: Issue 3 (Fall), collective Holga community photos, curated by Anna Starr
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Plastic Perspective: Issue 2 (Spring), collective Holga community photos, curated by Anna Starr
2021
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Plastic Perspective: Issue 1 (Fall), collective Holga community photos, curated by Anna Starr
EXHIBITIONS
2025
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Ad Astra Per Aspera A look into Kansas. Songbird Coffee and Tea House
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Annual Photobook Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Jurors Crista Dix and Karen Davis. Winchester, MA. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
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2025 | Vision(ary) Public Arts Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Juror Crista Dix Winchester, MA. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
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2025 | Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition 2025, Danforth Art Museum, Jurors Jessica Roscio Yumi Park_Huntington, Lauren Szumita. Framingham, MA. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
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2025 | All Eyes on You III, Eye Lounge + Modified Arts. Phoenix, AZ. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
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2025 | Living and Photographing in an Imperfect Union (Winner), The Photographer’s Eye Collective. Juror Arthur Ollman. Escondido, CA / online. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
2024
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The Curated Fridge Fall 2024 Juror curated by Kristen Gresh, the Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Senior Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts.
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Altered Memories: The Curated Fridge Summer 2024/Candela Books + Gallery. Juror Dominique Muñoz. Richmond, VA. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
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EXPOSURE 2024: Photographic Resource Center. Juror Samantha Johnston. Cambridge, MA. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
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Light: A Smith Gallery. Juror Laurie Klein. Online. 2024 | Griffin Museum of Photography 30th Annual Online Members Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography. Juror Crista Dix. Winchester, MA / online. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
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First Look 2024: A Second Glance, Panopticon Gallery. Jurors Alexa Cushing and Connor Noll. Online. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
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Monochrome: A group photography exhibition featuring J. David Tabor, Steph Carrico, Eli Meyer, Kurt Mikhael and Tonissa Saul
2023
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Daydreams and Night Lights: Radiant Aberration and zoneFIVE Gallery. Juror Sandra Klein. Online. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
2023
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Somerville Toy Camera Festival: Brickbottom Gallery. Juror Ann Jastrab. Somerville, MA. W/ Lisa Tang Liu
2007
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The Grid II: A group photography exhibition curated by Kevin Patterson. Featuring photographers J. David Tabor, Sheila Bocchine, Steph Carrico and more.
2006
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The Grid: A group photography exhibition curated by Kevin Patterson. Featuring photographers J. David Tabor, Sheila Bocchine, Steph Carrico and more.