ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: TREVOR TRAYNOR

Trevor Traynor was born in New York in May of 1979. He studied at the University of Colorado in Boulder and after graduating in 2002 he explored the globe with a Hasselblad. For the next four years Trevor continued to create projects through his travels while doing editorial work in New York and several Art Fairs with Rx gallery in San Francisco. He currently lives and works in San Francisco and New York.

Traynor’s photographs have been exhibited in Medellin, Paris, Santa Fe, New York, San Diego, Denver, and San Francisco. His work has been featured in many publications including: Chicago Tribune, New York magazine, Men’s Fitness, SF Guardian, URB magazine, Merge magazine (Sweden), Lodown magazine (Germany), and Kerb Journal (Australia). His work is part of several collections; including Swinerton and Pfizer. He has also been recognized in competitions; including “industrial photographer of the year” at the 1st International Photography Awards, & Honorable mention at the International Adobe Photoshop competition.



Over the past several years Trevor has been traveling the world photographing some of the top names in Hip Hop. Recently, he has compiled his photographs into a large exhibit which he calls I Shoot People. His show featured photos of everyone from Pharrell, Method Man, Raekwon, Murs, Mos Def, Talib, De La Soul, and many more. Look for I Shoot People to hit the walls of Tradition on June 20th!