Ally Caple (b. Connecticut, USA) is an image-based artist and educator located in New York City. Her work in education primarily centers high school-aged youth and emerging artists, building curriculum and leading programs that focus on visual literacy, creative development, and intentional connection between one’s practice and audience.

In 2021, she co-released The Photographer’s Green Book (Vol. 1) under the collective platform of the same name and lead the Expanding The Walls teen photography program at the Studio Museum in Harlem from 2022-2026. Continuing her work in education, Caple currently leads the Engaging Artist Fellowship at More Art and works closely with Storm King Art Center on their youth program offerings.

Her current photographic practice considers state and community surveillance, digital identity safety, and Black visibility in imagemaking. Studio portrait courtesy of Wassaic Project.

Youth Program Collaborators

Baxter St Camera Club

Hill Art Foundation

Magnum Foundation

New York Restoration Project

Wassaic Project

Youth Design Center

Residencies, Programs

2026

Whistle Space Summer Institute ($1500)

EFA Robert Blackburn Scholarship Recipient

2025

Wassaic Project, Art for Artists Fellow (+500)

2024

Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) (+2000)

Lavendra/Recovery Project by E. Jane, Participating Artist, Recess

2019

Museum Education Practicum, Studio Museum in Harlem

Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture

Guest Lectures, Artist Talks

2025

Art+Design Alumni Panel, SUNY Purchase College (+$300)

2024

Artist Talk, Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW)

Visiting Artist, Bard College

Visiting Artist, The New School, Parsons School of Design (+150)

2023

Guest Lecturer, Museum Education Practicum, Studio Museum Institute

Guest Artist, Teen Fridays, Metropolitan Museum of Art

2022

Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University (+$150)

Guest Critic, Steinhardt, New York University (+$200)

Visiting Artist, University of Connecticut (+$1000)

Visiting Artist, University of Illinois at Chicago (+$150)

Visiting Artist, The New School, Parsons School of Design (+$150)

Visiting Artist and Guest Critic, Bard College (+$550)

2021

Visiting Artist, University of Arkansas (+$150)

Artist Talk, Black Lunch Table (+350)

2020

Artist Talk, University of Arkansas (+$150)

Artist Talk, California State University, Long Beach (+$200)

2019

Artist Talk, Marble Hill Camera Club

Art+Design Alumni Panel, SUNY Purchase College (+$200)

2018

Guest Keynote, "On the Perils and Possibilities of Being Diverse: a Conversation" with Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Cristina Velásquez, + Giancarlo Montes Santangelo. Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Annual Conference, Uncertain Times: Borders, Refuge, Community, Nationhood, Philadelphia, PA (+$500)

Highlights

2024

A Tapestry of Aliveness, exhibition curated by Magnum Foundation, New York, NY

Artwork acquisition, Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW), Kingston, NY

2023

Expanding the Walls: an Interview with Ally Caple, Studio Magazine

2022

Points of Departure, curatorial collaboration by the Photographer’s Green Book, Visible Records, Charlottesville, Virginia

Spring Fellow, Magnum Foundation

Primary Sources, exhibition curated by Sarah Smith, Study Hall Gallery, Utica, New York

Silver List Artist

2021

The Photographer’s Green Book Vol. 1, second printing, edited by Jay Simple and Sydney Ellison, published by PGB

The Photographer’s Green Book Vol. 1, first printing, edited by Jay Simple and Sydney Ellison, published by PGB (SOLD OUT)

Primal Sight, published by Gnomic Book

2020

Backtalk, exhibition curated by Aaron Turner, PHOTO-EMPHASIS x The Center for Photographers of Color

Group exhibition curated by Essex Flowers, Drawer.nyc

Soft Lightning Vol. 1, publication by Soft Lightning Studio (SOLD OUT)

2019

Incandescent, Issue Fifteen, publication by Pine Island Press

Winter 2019, curated by Sarah Kennel, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, Massachusetts

2018

Nothing Wrong With Money Honey, art auction benefiting The Florence Project, Brooklyn, New York

Selection from The Body Unlearning Its Weight, feature on New Poetics of Labor

Selection from The Body Unlearning Its Weight, interview with PHOTO-EMPHASIS

Al camello camello y al amor amor, edited by Cristina Velásquez, publication by New Poetics of Labor

Al camello camello y al amor amor, exhibition curated by New Poetics of Labor, Medellín, Colombia

2017

Riley at 10, inkjet print on wood panel, 4ft x 4ft, permanently installed, Purchase College, New York

WaCo Art Expo, exhibition curated by Devin Dugan, Washington Commons, Brooklyn, New York

The Body Unlearning Its Weight, solo thesis exhibition, SUNY Purchase, New York

Submissions Magazine, Spring Issue, Purchase, New York

2016

Saudade, exhibition curated by Devin Dugan, World Money Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Submissions Magazine, Fall Issue, Purchase, New York

2015

Queries, group exhibition, Forum Art Space at SUNY Purchase, New York

Glimpse, solo exhibition curated for the Dance Theatre Lab, SUNY Purchase, New York

Beer + Visors, peer advisor group exhibition, SUNY Purchase, New York

Academic History

BFA in Photography, SUNY Purchase College, New York

BA in Arts Management, SUNY Purchase College, New York