Cheryl Dunn

Cheryl Dunn is a New York City-based documentary filmmaker and photographer. Since the late 80s, she has spent a large part of her career documenting city streets and the people who strive to leave their mark there: graffiti writers, artists, skaters, boxers, bikers, protesters, and assorted characters.

Her latest feature documentary Moments Like this Never Last, about the late artist Dash Snow and the downtown art scene post 9/11, premiered at DocNYC and had its theatrical release in 2021. Her work Everybodystreet, about the lives and work of twelve of New York’s most iconic living (at the time) street photographers including Bruce Davidson, Jamel Shabazz, and Jill Freedman, won awards and played at festivals worldwide, then went on to stream on Netflix. She has had three photography books published; the latest titled Festivals are Good (2017). Her work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums, including The Tate Modern in London, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and in the Art in the Streets exhibition at the Geffen Contemporary MOCA.