Currently based in Tucson, Arizona
cheneyorr@gmail.com
Cheney Orr was born in Arizona and raised in New York City. His first long-term photo essay documenting his father’s journey with early-onset Alzheimer's was published by The New York Times Lens Blog in 2018. Cheney's photographs and reporting have also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg News, VICE, among others. Cheney is the founder and operator of Picturing Care, a newly launched collaborative project focused on family caregiving.
After living the majority of his life in Brooklyn where he worked primarily in construction/ renovation and as production assistant, Cheney moved back to Arizona in 2019 to concentrate on photography and explore overlooked narratives in the American Southwest. At the moment, Cheney is working on stories and daily assignments investigating the impacts of and responses to COVID-19 and the shifting political landscape in Arizona. When not taking photos, Cheney spends a lot of his time with his senior Rottweiler Mix, Yoda and his girlfriend, Marine, searching the streets of Tucson for a Brooklyn bodega.
Instagram Portfolio: @orr_photo
CLIENTS & PUBLICATIONS
Reuters, Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, VICE, The New York Times, The Intercept, The Guardian, The Washington Post, TIME, CNN, NBC, Politico, Gothamist, The New York Post, Curbed NY, VAGA Magazine, Entropic Magazine
GRANTS, AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2020 Fellowship from the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation
2019 Eddie Adams XXXII Workshop, Jeffersonville, NY
2018 Mary Ellen Mark Memorial Scholarship (International Center of Photography)
2018 New York Times Portfolio Review
2017 Missouri PhotoWorkshop (Team Gilka Award)
EXHIBITIONS
2020 - The Lonka Project - (Group Exhibition) - United Nations Headquarters, NYC
2019 - Some People EVERY Body - (Group Exhibition) - Chicago
2019 - The Underground Almanac - ICP - (Group Exhibition) - NYC
2018 - J20 - Ted Gusek Studio - (Group Exhibition) - NYC
2017 -Juxtapose Clubhouse - (Group Exhibition) - Miami
2017 - We Brought it to New York - Superchief Gallery - (Group Exhibition) - NYC
2016 -Flagship Grand Opening - Superchief Gallery - (Group Exhibition) - NYC
2016 - American Splendor - Head Too Heavy Gallery - (Group Exhibition) - NYC
2015 - And Tomorrow - City Bird Gallery -(Group Exhibition) - NYC
2014 - A Future Uncertain: Young in Ukraine - Ukrainian Institute of America - (Solo Exhibition) - NYC
2013 - Fifteen Warren (Group Exhibition) - NYC
2013 - An Art Installation at Max Fish (Group Exhibition) - NYC