Philip Montgomery

Photographer

Biography 

Philip Montgomery (b. 1988) is a Mexican-American photographer whose work examines American politics, culture, and society. 

He is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and ZEIT Magazin. In 2018, he was awarded the National Magazine Award for his work chronicling the American opioid epidemic. He has also received awards Pictures of the Year International, American Photography, and the National Press Photographers Association. His work has been exhibited at Foam Museum in Amsterdam, International Center of Photography in New York, Saatchi Gallery in London, Aperture Gallery in New York, Les Rencontres d'Arles in France, and the Galerie du Jour - Agnès B in Paris. His work is part of permanent collections at the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation. A large-scale survey of his work will be on view at the Deichtorhallen Museum in Hamburg, Germany in fall 2025. 

American Mirror,  his latest monograph, published by Aperture, is a decades-long chronicle of the country's historic struggles. 

He lives and works in New York City.

Photo: Constance Wynn II, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 2025

This image captures an anxious moment on the day of the 2024 US presidential election. Constance Wynn has just downloaded Project 2025, a 900-page document released by the conservative Heritage Foundation calling for a sweeping agenda that would radically restructure the federal government and dismantle many civil rights protections. Philip Montgomery spent weeks before and after the election in Luzerne County, where voting patterns shifted from favoring Democrats to Republicans over the past 12 years. He visited homes, gathering spaces, rallies, businesses, and churches to reveal the complexities of the politically significant swing county where an increasing majority embraced Donald Trump.