Timothy Briner

Timothy Briner (b. 1981) is a New York–based photographer and artist born in Chesterton, Indiana. Encouraged by a high school photography teacher, he bypassed traditional schooling and moved to New York City in 1999. Early on, Briner developed his practice by assisting artists across multiple disciplines and embedding himself in the city’s art community.

Briner’s projects often center on place, memory, and sustained observation. His year-long series “Boonville,” made while living in six U.S. towns all named Boonville, was exhibited at Daniel Cooney Fine Art in New York in 2010 and later acquired by the Haggerty Museum of Art. Subsequent bodies of work include “Blasted Trees and Hollering Monsters,” a long-form document of Coney Island after Hurricane Sandy, and “Waiting for a Ghost,” a record of the final eight days of his grandmother’s life while living with her in a hospice house in Florida.

Briner has taught photography at the College of Staten Island for six years and holds an MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from Bard–ICP, where he studied with Nayland Blake. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.