Doni Towers, (b. 2002) is a Brooklyn-based artist.
Her long-form photography practice concerns questions of psycho-geography, family and age.
Her first solo exhibition, Invisible City, was displayed in collaboration with the Greenbelt Museum (MD) in April of 2025.
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Portrait ©Gabrielle Gowans, 2026
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DONI TOWERS
Brooklyn, NY | danielletowers24@gmail.com | 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) | Advanced Photography
WORK EXPERIENCE
2026–Current Studio Assistant | Leo Villareal Studio | New York, NY
2026–Current Teaching Assistant | Penumbra Foundation | New York, NY
2025 Communications Work Scholar | Aperture | New York, NY
2025 Printer’s Assistant | PICTO | New York, NY
2025 Photo Assistant | Thea Traff | New York, NY
2025 Archives Intern | Magnum Photos | New York, NY
2024 Project Assistant | The 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
AWARDS & COMPETITIONS
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
2021 First Place: Humans of Dementia (HFC) College Photo Competition
PUBLIC SPEAKING
2025 George Washington University, National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Panelist, Washington, D.C.
2025 Greenbelt Community Center, Invisible City: Artist Talk, Greenbelt, MD
2024 The Blake School, Photography 01, Guest Speaker, Minneapolis, MN
2024 George Washington University, Columbian College of the Arts & Sciences, Commencement Speaker, Washington D.C.
2024 National Gallery of Art, First Saturdays, Photojournalism Now: Students Respond, Washington, D.C.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Invisible City, Greenbelt Museum, Greenbelt, MD, April 24-June 12
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Intersection, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, Washington D.C.
2024 Growing Pains, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2023 On the Horizon, 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
PUBLISHED WORK
2024, “ÉLECTIONS AMÉRICAINES,” Générations
2024 “A Love Letter to Greenbelt,” Greenbelt Online
2024 “The Class of 2024 Gets Ready for the Real World,” Bloomberg Businessweek
2023 “Riot Fest Diary 2023: Hunger, Tinnitus and Crying to the Cure” Stereogum
2023 “Greenbelt News Review,” December 14th, 2023 Vol.87 NO.4
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
ZINES
2024 Some Other Where, Slow Dance Press
2024 Chroma, GWU NPPA Annual Zine, Vol. IV
2024 We all Felt the Sun, Stupid Idiot Press
2023 Intersections, GWU NPPA Annual Zine, Vol. III
2023 Mixtape, Issue II, Cherry Bomb
2022 Revival, GWU NPPA Annual Zine, Vol. II
2021 The Distance Between Us, GWU NPPA Annual Zine, Vol. I
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
2025 GW National Press Photographers Association, Panelist, On Freelancing, (Hybrid)
2024 Attendant and PA at Filter Photo Festival, The Photo Book from the Artist’s Perspective, Carolyn Drake (Chicago, IL)
2024 Attended APA Photo Assistant Workshop at Yolk Studios (Washington, D.C.)
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,”(Washington, D.C.)