Bio
Tod Bryant has always been a photographer. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1944, his father gave him an Ansco developing kit for film processing and contact prints when he was eight. After moving to Boca Raton, Florida in 1958, Tod learned the basics of serious photography, processing and printing, in the back room of Boca Camera. Since then, he has photographed historic buildings for the City of Albany, New York and later become a freelance photographer in New York City, shooting advertising, brochures and annual reports in 31 states and 5 countries on assignment. Before retiring in 2015, he taught photography at the New School/Parsons School of Design in New York for 40 years. Tod earned a Masters Degree in Historic Preservation in 2008 and began to use his photographic skills, as well as research and writing, as a historic preservation consultant. Tod’s current work centers on the documentation and evocative interpretation of historic buildings. However, his next project will be portraits of craftspeople inspired by the work of August Sander, Irving Penn, Arnold Newman and others. It will be a return to his roots of photographing and interacting with people rather than empty buildings.
