Stephen DiRado (born 1957) is an American photographer. His work is mostly black-and-white, and he makes frequent use of large-format cameras. He is most noted for his portraiture, night-astronomical photography, and semi-composed group photography, and for the extensive length of his projects.[1][2]
He has been the recipient of fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,[3] the Massachusetts Cultural Council, National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artist Foundation.[4] He has taken part in solo and group exhibitions at venues including the DeCordova and at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. His work is held in both public and private collections and has appeared in print in The New York Times Magazine.
DiRado's long term project, With Dad, was awarded the 2018 Bob and Diane Fund.[1] The book, With Dad, is a photographic journal that vividly articulates a son’s connections, captured through his camera, as his father succumbs to Alzheimer’s. Experience the love, dignity and profound intimacy shared between Stephen DiRado and his family over a chronological span of twenty years. Published by Davis Art in 2019. [2]
He is currently a Professor of Practice in photography within the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Clark University.