Joe Small is a visual artist that uses photography, video, sculpture, and text. He holds a BS in Photography from Drexel University and an MFA in Photography and Video from the University of Notre Dame. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography at Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria. His work is part of Catherine Edelman Gallerys The Chicago Project. He has also received the Society for Photographic Educations Freestyle Crystal Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in Black and White Photography in 2009 and the Emerging Artist Award from Efrorymson Family Fund in 2011. His photographs are in The Museum of Fine Arts, Houstons Permanent Collection, Center for Fine Art Photographys Collection, and various private collections. His work has been exhibited at many institutions including Montgomery College, Woodmere Art Museum, South Bend Museum of Art, Snite Museum of Art and The Perkins Center for the Arts.