Marco Bell (b. 1983, Fort Lauderdale) is a photographer, visual artist, and educator whose work explores identity, myth, and the cultural codes that shape our understanding of place and self. With an MFA in Photography from Parsons School of Design (The New School, New York, 2015), Bell engages with documentary, portraiture, archive-based strategies, and installation to reflect on the intersections of personal narrative, history, and global politics.
Bell’s photographic practice often investigates themes of transculturation, nationalism, and the poetic tension between myth and lived reality. His long-term projects bridge visual anthropology and conceptual research—most recently through a series documenting contemporary cowboy culture and its multicultural roots in the American South.
Born in the U.S. and raised in Venezuela, Bell was first recognized in 2004, during his journalism studies in Caracas, when he received the I Salón Universitario de Fotografía (UCV). After several years as a cultural reporter in the journal El Nacional, he debuted his first solo show in 2013 at Roberto Mata Taller de Fotografía, followed by an invitation for a solo exhibition at the Ateneo de Caracas. His work has since been exhibited internationally, with shows in the United States, Venezuela, Mexico, Hungary, China, and New Zealand. In 2014, he received a special honorable mention from the Camera Club of New York, juried by Charlotte Cotton.
He is represented by TOBE Gallery, a Budapest-based space dedicated to contemporary photography. Bell currently lives and works in Florida, where he teaches photography, contributes as an editor to the New York Journal of Photography, and leads a commercial practice focused on high-end architecture and visual storytelling under the name @marcobellphoto.
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