Sam Elkind (Instagram: @sam.elkind) is a fine art photographer living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He works with landscapes and abstractions drawn from our surroundings. Sam learned photography as a youth in the 1970s, with training in darkroom techniques while an employee of a photo studio in Illinois. He carried an enthusiasm for photography through the rest of his life. He earned an M.A. (English) from the University of Virginia and a B.A. (English) from Lawrence University, Appleton WI. He is a retired transportation professional.
Sam actively exhibits across the U.S. Recent highlights include the following:
Publications:
--2024 - Santa Fe New Mexican, "Pasatiempo" Supplement, May 31
- Shadow and Light Magazine, March/April issue, selections from Assembling the View included as a Showcase Portfolio
--2023 - Shadow and Light Magazine, March/April issue, selections from Still Winter included as a Showcase Portfolio
Solo Exhibitions:
--2022 – Legacies, Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM
--2021 - Caught, Open Space Visitor Center
--2019 - Drifting: Images of Snow, Vista Grande Public Library, Eldorado, NM
--2015 - LatticeWork, Brown Art Gallery, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia
Recent Group Exhibitions (selections):
--2025 - Where Photography Meets Collage, New Orleans Photo Alliance, LA
- Field of View - An Exhibition of Landscapes: Where All Horizons Meet, Louis Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
- Form and Light - A Three Person Exhibit, Neptune Event Space, Santa Fe, NM
- Ruins and Remnants, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
--2024 - High and Dry XXIV, International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- small WORKS, Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Visual Journeys: Three Santa Fe Photographers, Nocturne 818 Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
--2023 - Shades of Gray (2 images), Albuquerque, NM
- Aspens and Adobe, joint with John Wylie, Vista Grande Public Library, Eldorado, NM
--2022 - Shades of Gray, Albuquerque, NM
- Monochrome, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
- Transcending the West, Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, Loveland, CO
- Winter Magic (2 images), Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Massachusetts (online)
- Shock of the New West, Tubac Center for the Arts, Arizona
- Captured, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California (online)
--2021 - Shadow & Light Magazine, online Black & White Gallery
- Landscape: Considering the Built and the Grown, Site: Brooklyn Gallery (online)
- 8th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Oregon
--2020 - Art Through the Lens, Yeiser Art Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky
- Landscape, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
- Representing the West: A New Frontier (3 images), Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado
--2019 - Monochrome, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, New York
- 4th Annual Autumn Photo Exhibit, Emerald Arts Center, Springfield, Oregon
- Regional Arts Show, Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, Colorado
- Making Waves (2 images), Fuller Lodge Arts Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Shades of Grey (3 images), Fuller Lodge Arts Center
Sam actively exhibits across the U.S. Recent highlights include the following:
Publications:
--2024 - Santa Fe New Mexican, "Pasatiempo" Supplement, May 31
- Shadow and Light Magazine, March/April issue, selections from Assembling the View included as a Showcase Portfolio
--2023 - Shadow and Light Magazine, March/April issue, selections from Still Winter included as a Showcase Portfolio
Solo Exhibitions:
--2022 – Legacies, Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM
--2021 - Caught, Open Space Visitor Center
--2019 - Drifting: Images of Snow, Vista Grande Public Library, Eldorado, NM
--2015 - LatticeWork, Brown Art Gallery, Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia
Recent Group Exhibitions (selections):
--2025 - Where Photography Meets Collage, New Orleans Photo Alliance, LA
- Field of View - An Exhibition of Landscapes: Where All Horizons Meet, Louis Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
- Form and Light - A Three Person Exhibit, Neptune Event Space, Santa Fe, NM
- Ruins and Remnants, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
--2024 - High and Dry XXIV, International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- small WORKS, Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Visual Journeys: Three Santa Fe Photographers, Nocturne 818 Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
--2023 - Shades of Gray (2 images), Albuquerque, NM
- Aspens and Adobe, joint with John Wylie, Vista Grande Public Library, Eldorado, NM
--2022 - Shades of Gray, Albuquerque, NM
- Monochrome, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
- Transcending the West, Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, Loveland, CO
- Winter Magic (2 images), Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Massachusetts (online)
- Shock of the New West, Tubac Center for the Arts, Arizona
- Captured, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California (online)
--2021 - Shadow & Light Magazine, online Black & White Gallery
- Landscape: Considering the Built and the Grown, Site: Brooklyn Gallery (online)
- 8th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Oregon
--2020 - Art Through the Lens, Yeiser Art Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky
- Landscape, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
- Representing the West: A New Frontier (3 images), Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, Colorado
--2019 - Monochrome, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, New York
- 4th Annual Autumn Photo Exhibit, Emerald Arts Center, Springfield, Oregon
- Regional Arts Show, Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, Colorado
- Making Waves (2 images), Fuller Lodge Arts Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Shades of Grey (3 images), Fuller Lodge Arts Center