exhibitions/ CV
EXHIBITIONS
[Curator] Beat Positive. 10 Corso Como New York, 2019-2020
[Curator] Answering the Call. Getty Images New York, 2019
[Curator] Michael De Feo artist book pop up, New York, NY 2019
[Curator] Subject, Object, Creator. Photoville, Brooklyn 2018
[Curator] Tony Vaccaro: From Shadow to Light. Getty Images Gallery, London 2018
[Curator] Beat Positive. Getty Images Gallery, London 2018
[Curator] Red, Blue, White: Global Colours. Getty Images Gallery, London 2018 (Artsy)
[Curator] Subject, Object, Creator: The Female Gaze. Getty Images Gallery, London 2018 (Artsy)
[Curator] Sense of Place. Getty Images Gallery, London 2017
[Curator] Renato D’Agostin: 7439. Condé Nast Gallery, New York, NY 2016
[Curator] Stories Untold. Condé Nast Gallery, New York, NY 2016
[Curator] Horst in Colour: Works from the Victoria & Albert Museum. Condé Nast Gallery, New York, NY 2016
[Producer] Dan Winters: Star Wars. Condé Nast Gallery, New York, NY 2015
[Curator] Peter Schlesinger: A Photographic Memory. Condé Nast Gallery, New York, NY. 2015
[Producer] Four From Japan: Contemporary Photography. Curated by Alison Bradley. Condé Nast Gallery, New York, NY. 2015
[Curator] Elinor Carucci: The Effect of Motherhood. Condé Nast Gallery, New York, NY. 2015
[Curator] NEW VIEW. Condé Nast Gallery, New York, NY. 2015
[Co-curator] Century: 100 Years of Type Design. AIGA Gallery, New York, NY. 2014
[Curator] Horst and Lisa. NeueHouse, New York, NY. 2014
[Producer] Coming Into Fashion (capsule); curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer. Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, 2013
[Curator] Marisa Berenson. Donna Karan Flagship, New York, NY, 2011
[Curator] Eduardo Garcia Benito: The New York Years (1921-1940). Museo d’Pasion, Valladolid, Spain, 2009
Curator Shawn Waldron during the press preview of Stories Untold. The exhibition presented previously unseen outtakes and rarities from Condé Nast's archives and was presented in collaboration with Getty Images. Photo by Shea Kastriner.
PUBLICATIONS
[Author] Slim Aarons: Style. Co-author and picture editor. Abrams, Fall 2021.
[Writer] Erik Madigan Heck - The Garden. Interview with the artist in connection with the release of his book and exhibitions. Musée. Dec. 2020.
[Writer] Never Forget This. Interview with Tony Vaccaro. Musée Issue 21: RISK. Andrea Blanch, publisher. Spring 2019
[Editor] Beat Positive. Exhibition catalog. Getty Images Gallery, 2018.
[Editor] PhotoRX: Pharmacy in Photography Since 1850. Davis, Deborah Goodman with essay by David Campany. Damiani, Fall 2017.
[Writer] "An Eye To Remember" Vanity Fair, Feb 2017. In the magazine and online.
[Guest Curator] Musée Issue 16: Chaos. Andrea Blanch, publisher. Fall 2016
[Author] (untitled Anton Bruehl book project); Howard Greenberg Gallery, date TBD
[Contributor] "Condé Nast: Photography Pioneer" In Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form; Jensen, Kirsten (ed), Univ of Penn Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
[Contributor] Horst’s World in Colour. In Horst, Photographer of Style; Brown, Susanna (ed). V&A Publishing, London, 2014
[Consulting Historian] Vanity Fair: 100 Years; Carter, Graydon (ed). Abrams, New York, NY, 2013
[Contributor] Still/New York. Gensler, New York, NY, 2013
[Contributor] Quintessence. Condé Nast Verlag, Munich, 2013
[Contributor] Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop; Fineman, Mia. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 2012
[Contributor] "Rudy Burkhardt" Acne Paper Issue 14, 2012
[Author] Eduardo Garcia Benito: The New York Years. Condé Nast Publications, New York, NY, 2009
[Editor] A Century of Seduction at Condé Nast, Acne Paper Issue 8, 2009
Installation view of Horst's World In Colour curated by Shawn Waldron for the Condé Nast Gallery. The prints were produced for Horst's 2014 retrospective at the Victoria and Albert Museum and later released as limited edition prints by the artist's estate.
LECTURES
“Making Sense of Today: The Role of the Curator” Headline speaker, Aesthetica magazine Future Now Symposium, York, England 2019
“Slim Aarons: The Art and the Business” ArtExpo, New York, NY 2018 (YouTube)
“Conde Nast: Photography Pioneer” Part of Charles Sheeler, Condé Nast and the Visual Culture of the Jazz Age; Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, 2017
“Vogue and Vanity Fair: Photography Goes Modern” Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, 2017
“Condé Nast at a Crossroads” Part of Irving Penn at the Intersection of Art, Fashion and Photography; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., 2015 (YouTube)
“Connecting the Dots: Staff Photographers and the Creation of the Condé Nast Studio” Part of Inventing Elegance: Fashion and Photography 1910-1945; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2014
“The Condé Nast Press” Part of series Century Expanded; Type Directors Club, New York, NY, 2014
“Inspired by: Condé Nast Collection” Part of art.com holiday promotional speaker series; San Francisco, CA, 2013
Presenter as part of the Leadership Strategies in Magazine and Digital Publishing conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2012
“Lighten, Brighten, Slim and Smooth: A History of Fashion Retouching” Part of series Fashion Photography: The Seductive Appeal; Geneva Art Museum, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008
“The Greatest Living Photographer: Steichen at Condé Nast” Part of Edward Steichen: Images for the Masses; Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008
Shawn introducing photographers Janette Beckman and David Corio prior to their artists’ talk at 10 Corso Como New York in connection with Beat Positive. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS
Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography and Sculptural Form. Produced by Rava Films for The Michener Museum. Short, 2018 (link)
Horst in Colour. Directed by James Wainman for the Victoria & Albert Museum. Web short, 2014 (link)
The Man Who Shot Beautiful Women. Directed by Nick Watson, produced by Remy Blumenfeld. Feature, 2013
In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye. Produced and directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. Feature, 2012
The Visual Language of Herbert Matter. Directed by Reto Caduff. Feature, 2010
Promo cards designed by Shawn Waldron for Condé Nast Gallery exhibitions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017-present Getty Images Curator
2003-2016 Condé Nast Senior Director, Archives and Records
2000-2001 Mystic Seaport Museum Archivist, Photography Collection
1999-2000 Archive Photos/Image Bank Archivist, Reuters Collection
1998-1999 Corbis Cataloger/Indexer
EDUCATION
2002 Simmons College, Master Library Science, Archive Management
1996 University of Connecticut, Bachelor of Arts, History
INTERNSHIPS/PARAPROFESSIONAL
2001 Harvard Medical School Library
2001-02 Fogg Art Museum Library, Harvard College
2002 Boston Architectural Center Library
2001-02 Wheelock College Library
BOARDS
2011-2015 Howland Public Library, Beacon, NY Trustee
2011-2014 Northeast Document Conservation Center, Andover, MA Advisory Board