Joy Bush is a photographer based in the Greater New Haven Connecticut area. She grew up near New York City and as a child loved family excursions to NYC museums and theater productions.  It was after college that she discovered photography as an art form. 

Joy's fine art photographs grow out of her interest in social landscapes and the concern she has for the environment. Her daily walks afford the opportunity to see an intersection between her inner world meeting the outer world. She is drawn to places that feel the echo of human presence — places that reveal nothing clearly, or something out of reach. Sometimes her photographs evoke a feeling of discomfort or distance. Others are ironic or amusing. Some provoke a sense of curiosity about what could be or could have been. 

Bush’s work was recently featured in Unbeatable Women at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, CT (2022), and HOME VIEWS at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Massachusetts. (2021). Her photographs have appeared in The Village Voice, The New York Times, Connecticut Review, and many other publications. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibits nationally and internationally galleries including the International Center for Photography (NYC), Mattatuck Museum, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, Copley Society (Boston, MA), Drawing Rooms (NJ), Garrison Art Center (NY), Umbrella Arts (NYC), the Westport Arts Center, and Artspace (New Haven, CT). Bush is represented in the permanent collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Montefiore Hospital (Bronx, NY), the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Yale Medical Group Art Place, and many private collections. 

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