Dennis Fagan
Dennis Fagan moved to Austin after studying writing at the University of Iowa.
While working in the photo and video archives of the L.B.J. Library, he did graduate work within the University of Texas department of American Studies. He remains in Austin today and is the father of two sons.
Since opening his Austin studio, Dennis has won national and international awards in the fields of editorial, advertising television, and fine art photography including two time winner of the Santa Fe Assignment Earth Competition, Communication Arts Photo Annual, PRINT Design Annual, ARCHIVE, and ‘best of show’ at the National ADDYS. Dennis is also a film director who produces television commercials for advertising agencies as well as work in short film and documentary.
Dennis’ editorial work has appeared in Texas Monthly, The Washington Post Sunday Magazine, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Der Stern. His career achievements have been featured in Photo District News, SPOT, and Lurzer’s Int’l ARCHIVE magazines, respectively. As a director, he has been featured twice in SHOOT Magazine and SHOOT Online.
Dennis’ images are in many private collections internationally as well as the permanent collections of The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The Harry Ransom Center, The Wittliff Collection, The Amon Carter, and the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
Dennis Fagan’s documentary series entitled, “Reading Rally” was exhibited during Houston’s international biennial FotoFest at the Children’s Museum of Houston and has received a major grant from RX.com.
“Reading Rally” grew out of his 25 years of volunteer literacy work with children from two Austin federal housing projects. His series “RIVER” was featured in Beijing, China within a curated survey of contemporary trends in American Art.
In 2024, Fagan produced and directed the film ZYDECO SHOES, a fictional account of an African American movie projectionist in an East Texas cinema loosely based on his own experience as a projectionist in Austin's iconic Dobie Twin Screens.