about
Doni Towers (she/her) is a photographer (b. 2002) from the Chicago suburbs working on long-form projects.
She lives in New York City where she is an intern at Magnum and a communications work scholar at Aperture.
Doni graduated with a BFA in photojournalism from the Corcoran School of Arts and Design at George Washington University (D.C.) in 2024.
While living in Washington D.C. Doni pursued multiple projects, notably her research and involvement within the historic government-funded, planned community of Greenbelt, MD, exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (D.C.) In April 2025, the work will be exhibited at The Greenbelt Community Center as part of their yearly artist programming.
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Danielle Towers
NYC
847-542-1300
EDUCATION
2024 BFA Photojournalism | Corcoran School of the Arts and Design | George Washington University | Corcoran Scholar | Distinguished Scholar | Washington, D.C.
2019 School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) | Received merit scholarship | Intermediate & Advanced Photography Summer Courses
AWARDS
2024 Photowork Foundation Junior Fellowship, Shortlisted
2024 Distinguished Scholar, George Washington University, Columbian College of the Arts & Sciences
2024 Outstanding Undergraduate in Photojournalism, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
2023 Honorable Mention, Urban Landscapes: N.Y. Photo Curator- Where Photography & Philanthropy Meet
2021 First Place: Humans of Dementia (HFC) College Photo Competition
PUBLIC SPEAKING
2025 Forthcoming, Invisible City, Greenbelt Museum, Quarterly Lecture Series, Greenbelt, MD
2024 Oct. 24, Guest Speaker, The Blake School, Photography 01, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Commencement Speaker, George Washington University, Columbian College of the Arts & Sciences
2024 National Gallery of Art, “First Saturdays,” Photojournalism Now: Students Respond
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Forthcoming, Invisible City, Greenbelt Museum, Greenbelt, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Intersection, Corcoran Scholars Show, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Washington D.C.
2024 Growing Pains, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2023 On the Horizon, Corcoran Scholars Show, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Washington, D.C.
2022 New Favorites, Corcoran Scholars Show, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Washington, D.C. 2021 HFC Bringing Light to Alzheimer’s, Photoville, NY
2021 NextGen 8.0, VisArts Center, Richmond, VA
EDITORIAL
2024, “ÉLECTIONS AMÉRICAINES,” Générations Magazine, September
2024 “A Love Letter to Greenbelt,” Greenbelt Online, June 10th
2024 “The Class of 2024 Gets Ready for the Real World,” Bloomberg Businessweek, Jan 10
2023 “Riot Fest Diary 2023: Hunger, Tinnitus and Crying to the Cure” Stereogum, September 19th
2023 “Greenbelt News Review,” December 14th, 2023 Vol.87 NO.4
BOOKS
2024 Invisible City, self-published, Printed by Mixam, Schaumburg, IL, Edition of 30
2023 Featured Portrait of Artist: ES, DC: A gaze at Washington, D.C. by five Spanish photographers, Spain Arts & Culture, Published by Edicion, 2023
GROUP ZINES
2024 Some Other Where, Slow Dance Press, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design Senior Thesis, 2024
2024 Chroma, GWU NPPA Annual Zine, Vol. IV, 2024
2024 We all Felt the Sun, Stupid Idiot Press, 2024
2023 Intersections, GWU NPPA Annual Zine, Vol. III, 2023
2023 Mixtape, Issue II, Cherry Bomb, 2023
2022 Revival, GWU NPPA Annual Zine, Vol. II, 2022
2021 The Distance Between Us, GWU NPPA Annual Zine, Vol. I, 2021
PRESS
2024 A Marvelous Party Highlights NEXT Festival, GW Today
2024 NEXT Festival 2024, e-Flux Education
2024 Photo Exhibit on Greenbelt At Corcoran School of Art, Greenbelt News Review
2024 Greenbelt and Greenbelters at the Corcoran School of Art!, Greenbelt Online
2024 Students Present the ‘Giant Tableau’ of Arts at George Washington University, GW Today
2024 Exemplary GW Students Recognized at Annual Academic Honors Ceremony, GW Today
PANELS / PORTFOLIO REVIEWS / WORKSHOPS
2024 Filter Photo Festival (Chicago, IL)
2024 APA Photo Assistant Workshop at Yolk Studios, April (Washington, D.C.)
2024 Organized & Hosted GW NPPA “Long-form Storytelling & Publishing Panel,” (Washington, D.C.)
2023 Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW) 2023 Seminar + Portfolio Review (Washington, D.C.)
2023 NPPA Fall Student Portfolio Review, (Virtual)
2023 Organized & Hosted GW NPPA “Pictures and Politics Panel,” Spring 2023 (Washington, D.C.)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)
American Photographers Association (APA)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2025 Current, Archives Intern, Magnum Photos, New York, NY
2025 Current, Communications Work Scholar, Aperture, New York, NY
2024 Project Assistant, University of Minnesota, Gorman Rare Art Books & Media Collection, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Production Assistant | Filter Photo, Chicago, IL
2024 Co-President, GWU Chapter of National Press Photographers Association, Washington, D.C.
2023 Lead Photographer, Falling Creek Camp, Tuxedo, NC
2023 Assistant Photo Editor, The GW Hatchet, Washington, D.C.
2022 Assistant, Jared Soares, Washington, D.C.
2021 Studio Intern, Clarissa Bonet, Chicago, IL