Nat Ward

A little summer recap: I don't usually post about my hobby. But this year photography and motorcycling collided (ugh), literally. On May 18th, I lowsided in the mud during a track day at Thunderbolt raceway, fracturing and displacing my collarbone (image 2). With the help of incredibly supportive family, friends, and colleagues, I spent the next three days installing my exhibition at the Montauk Historical Society's Second House Museum (image 1) with one arm, lol. I went in for surgery that Friday morning at HSS and went back out to Montauk to open the show on Saturday (image 3). We then proceeded to have a ton of fun with book signings and talks with @terrencearjoon at @192books , @powerhousearena , @thehedgeseasthampton , (image 4) and parties hosted by @cultured_mag (image 5). Credit to my incredible wife @katiewardphoto for those photos. Six weeks to the day after my surgery I got back out on the track (image 6 & 7), getting bumped up to expert group for the end of the season. And to top it all off, two incredibly generous conversations were just published in @danspapers and @frames_magazine . Huge thank you to @oliversees and @w.scottolsen ! Links to both are on my website: nat-ward.com. Again, I couldn't have done it without my family, my friends, and my coaches at @theridersclub_njmp . Feeling big gratitude. And as always, be a cockroach, the ultimate survivor, and don't let the bastards get you down.

Nat Ward joins me to discuss Ditch: Montauk, New York, 11954, published by powerHouse Books Image 3: From Exhibition at Montauk Historical Society Image 4: Image of Nat as discussed in show Nat Ward lives in Queens, NY. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Parrish Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. His previous book of photographs and poetry, Big Throat, was published by +KGP in 2020. Ward founded the collaborative photographic project space A New Nothing with Ben Alper in 2014 and has had features on his photographic work published in Aperture, Interview, Collector Daily, Photobook Journal, Photography & Culture, C4, The British Journal of Photography, Unseen, Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vice, and Juxtapoz. He has exhibited photographic and text-based installations at Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York Live Arts, Hampshire College, and The Jewish Museum. Ward has been awarded residencies and fellowships from Yaddo, The Cooper Union Professional Development Fund, the Edward F. Albee Foundation, and The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program. His poetry and critical writing have appeared in publications from Wendy’s Subway, 1080Press, The Brooklyn Review, and Beautiful Days Press. Ward’s poems appear alongside photographs by Sara J. Winson and Aaron Canopy in Shades, published by Push Pull Editions (2024). Ward holds an MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University and an MFA in Poetry from Brooklyn College. @mrnatward @powerhousebooks This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin Building your dream photobook library today at: @charcoalbookclub

Stream the wonderful interview I had last week with @tiffanyhanssennyc on @allofitwnyc on @wnyc . Link in bio!

I’ll be on the radio tomorrow talking about DITCH! Tune in to @wnyc at 1PM to hear Tiffany Hanssen @tiffanyhanssennyc interview me on @allofitwnyc | 93.9FM in NYC or WNYC.org | You can even call in and talk about MTK!

Nat Ward will be in store Saturday, July 19th signing copies of his beautiful photography book, Ditch, Montauk, New York, 11954. Stop by and pick up a copy, that celebrates Montauk’s most famous beach! #barnesandnoble #barnes #bnbridgehamptonny #localauthor #booksigning #nyauthors #nonfiction #eastend #easthampton #easthamptons #beachvibes #beachlife #villagebeaches #photography #hamptonsbooks #hamptons #longislandauthors #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstack #hamptons #bridgehampton #booksbooksbooks #artbook #artbooks #coffeetablebooks #coffeetablebook #hamptonsart #hamptons

There’s something about a beach that suspends reality: Strangers become neighbors, politics shrink beneath umbrellas, and the only performance required is presence. That’s what photographer Nat Ward (@mrnatward ) explores in “Ditch: Montauk, NY 11954.”⁠ ⁠ His latest book offers a loving tribute to Montauk’s Ditch Plains Beach, where he spent four summers documenting the peculiar gravity of the locale with his medium format panoramic camera.⁠ ⁠ At the link in bio, read CULTURED’s conversation with Ward about the genesis of the book, the politics of shared space, and the characters who make Ditch Plains a crucible of American contradictions.

UPDATE! Due to illness, @terrencearjoon will be filling in for @celardolor . FEEL BETTER SOON, NAOMI!!! RSVP link in bio

UPDATE! Due to illness, @terrencearjoon will be filling in for @celardolor . FEEL BETTER SOON, NAOMI!!! RSVP Here: /bvnw4tms (also linked in bio)

Join us Tuesday, July 1 for a conversation between photographer and author Nat Ward and Production Editor Naomi Falk in celebration of Ditch: Montauk, New York, 11954! Special guests @bruno_zero8 and @somewhere___special 🖤 RSVP on the @powerhousearena website

Book launch next Tuesday, 7/1 at 7PM! Conversation with @celardolor . Special guest DJ @bruno_zero8 from @somewhere___special . Come out and party. 28 Adams St., BK, NYC.

Fantastic feature on DITCH in this week’s East Hampton Star. Thank you Bettina Neel for the generous interview!! @easthamptonstar link in bio.