Commissions
About
Adali Schell (b. 2001, Los Angeles, CA) is a photographer from Los Angeles, California. In his practice, he explores themes of identity and memory through his upbringing in Southern California and family roots in rural Ohio. He received his BFA from the UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture, has exhibited internationally at les Rencontres d’Arles and the Museum of Warsaw and has been published in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Guardian and The New York Times.
SELECTED PRESS
New Yorker, New Paris, 2024
Guardian, Car Pictures, 2024
Creative Review, Car Pictures, 2024
World Photography Organization, In Conversation, Car Pictures, 2024
The New York Times, The Magic of Your First Car, Car Pictures, 2023
SELECTED CLIENTS
Alt Press
The Atlantic
Calvin Klein
Coach
Cultured
Daily Beast
The Fader
Farfetch
The Guardian
GQ
Image Magazine
J. Crew
Justsmile Magazine
Leica Fotografie International
Local Optimist
Los Angeles Times
Madhappy
Marni
MATTE Magazine
Neptune Papers
The New Yorker
New York Magazine
The New York Times
The New York Times Magazine
Obey
ODDA Magazine
Off White
PIN-UP
Rusty
Vans
VEHICLE
Wall Street Journal
Womens Wear Daily
University of California Los Angeles, BFA, 2024
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Car Pictures, Leica Gallery Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2025
Heaven or Los Angeles, NYC Contact Gallery, New York, NY, 2021
Los Angeles Cityscapes, UCLA Little Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2021
Early Los Angeles, Eastern Starr Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2019
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, FR, 2023
Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw, PO, 2023
UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
YoungArts Miami, Miami, FL, 2020
AWARDS
Aperture Portfolio Prize Longlist, 2024
Sony World Photography Awards, 2024
Emerging Artist Award, Los Angeles Center of Photography, 2022
New York Portfolio Review, 2022
YoungArts, 2020
TALKS
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Los Angeles, CA
November 5th, 2022
Pratt Institute
New York City, NY
August 31, 2022
CONTACT
adalischell@gmail.com