ianbatesphoto@gmail.com
908.208.6453
San Anselmo, CA
Ian Bates is a photographic artist based in the Bay Area. His photographs look at his curiosities of contradictions in human nature around the United States and how people interact with the environments they inhabit.
His clients include A+E Networks, VRBO, The New York Times Magazine, California Sunday Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, WIRED, Lufthansa Magazine, Smithsonian, Rolling Stone, The University of Washington and others.
Books
2022, Meadowlark, Monograph, Published by Deadbeat Club Press
2023, Lost Dog, Published by Deadbeat Club Press
2025, The Weight of Ash, Published by Deadbeat Club Press
Solo Exhibitions
2025, The Weight of Ash. The Reef, Los Angeles, CA
2024, Meadowlark, The Image Flow Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
2022, Meadowlark, These Days Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2026, The Californians, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2024, Current Affairs, Book and Job Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024, Western Contemporary, Strata Editions, Livingston, MT
2023, Looking Forward: Ten Years of Photography at Pier 24, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
2023, Context 2023, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
2023, 2023 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2019, Time After Time, Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL
2014, Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
908.208.6453
San Anselmo, CA
Ian Bates is a photographic artist based in the Bay Area. His photographs look at his curiosities of contradictions in human nature around the United States and how people interact with the environments they inhabit.
His clients include A+E Networks, VRBO, The New York Times Magazine, California Sunday Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, WIRED, Lufthansa Magazine, Smithsonian, Rolling Stone, The University of Washington and others.
Books
2022, Meadowlark, Monograph, Published by Deadbeat Club Press
2023, Lost Dog, Published by Deadbeat Club Press
2025, The Weight of Ash, Published by Deadbeat Club Press
Solo Exhibitions
2025, The Weight of Ash. The Reef, Los Angeles, CA
2024, Meadowlark, The Image Flow Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
2022, Meadowlark, These Days Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2026, The Californians, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2024, Current Affairs, Book and Job Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024, Western Contemporary, Strata Editions, Livingston, MT
2023, Looking Forward: Ten Years of Photography at Pier 24, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
2023, Context 2023, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
2023, 2023 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2019, Time After Time, Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL
2014, Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA