Alexa Van de Walle is a New York City-based street and documentary photographer. Instagram: @alexavandewalle

AWARDS

Center Santa Fe, Review Santa Fe, finalist juried portfolio review program, 2026

IRYS Competition, Women Street Photographers, Gulnara Samoilova, 1st place, 2026

Paris International Street Photography Awards, silver medal for “Brighton Beach” Street Portraits series and honorable mention for two single images, 2025

Professional Women Photographers, Past. Present. Seen. honorable mention, 2025

Paris International Street Photography Awards, honorable mention for five singles, 2024

New York Center for Photographic Arts, street photography, Debra Klomp-Ching: 3rd place cash prize; juror’s selection; honorable mention (three photographs), 2025

New York Center for Photographic Arts, Same But Different,  juror’s selection, Debra Klomp-Ching, 2023

New York Center for Photographic Arts, Let’s Play, juror’s selection, Crista Dix, 2021

Salmagundi Art Club, Photography Annual, certificate of merit, 2018

Photo District News, food/travel category, 5th place, 2016

GROUP SHOWS/COLLECTIVES

Paris International Street Photography Awards (series), Gallery Joseph Minimus, 2026

Portfolio Development juried show, SoHo Photo Gallery, annual participation 2017-27

American Photographic Artists Annual, SoHo Photo Gallery, 2026

Street Badass London Photo Fest, Knapp Gallery, 2026

ImageNation New York, One Art Space, 2026

ImageNation Paris, Street Sans Frontières, Galerie Joseph Le Palais, 2025

Professional Women Photographers, Salmagundi Art Club, Past. Present. Seen, 2025

Women Street Photographers, el Barrio ArtSpace, NYC, juried, 2025

New York Center for Photographic Arts, street photography, online, juried by Debra Klomp-Ching, 2025

American Photographic Artists NY, SoHo Photo Gallery, juried by Leica Gallery’s Michael Foley, 2024

Women Street Photographers & Rome Photo Lab, Museo Villa Altieri, Rome, 2024

The Street Soup Art Gallery, New York State of Mind, Milan, Italy, 2024

Professional Women Photographers, SoHo Photo Gallery, Studies in Still Life, 2024

New York Center for Photographic Arts, Jadite  Galleries, NYC, Same But Different, juror’s selection by Debra Klomp-Ching, 2023

Professional Women Photographers, El Barrio ArtSpace, NYC, American Album, 2023

Professional Women Photographers, Matted Gallery, NYC, “My NYC”  2022

Professional Women Photographers, online, Dreamscapes, 2022

New York Center for Photographic Arts, Let’s Play, online, 2021

Professional Women Photographers, Atlantic Gallery, NYC, Abstracted Reality,  2019

Professional Women Photographers, Matted Gallery, NYC, 2019

Salmagundi Art Club, Open Photography Exhibition, 2018

Professional Women Photographers, Queens Botanical, "Our Botanical World",  2018

Professional Women Photographers, Jadite Gallery, NY, The Power of Tones,  2017

Professional Women Photographers, Jadite Gallery, NY,  Scene on the Street, 2017

Professional Women Photographers, Atlantic Gallery, NY, It's All In The Details, 2016

PRINT PUBLICATIONS

Edge of Humanity, Life and Culture in Havana Cuba, 2026

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Paris International Street Photographer, Silver Medal, Brighton Beach series, 2025

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All About Photo, Past. Present. Seen., 2025

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Eye of the Photographer, Past. Present. Seen., 2025

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Frames Magazine, “The Female Gaze” by Diana Nicholette Jeon, 2024

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Petapixel, The Faces of the Eclipse from the Streets of New York”, 2024

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The Forward, The Daily Meal, Slow Food USA Magazine, Edible Publications

COLLECTIVES/FINALIST for ONLINE PUBLICATION

Her Side of the Street, Women in Street, Searching for Beauty

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Her Side of the Street,, Women in Street, Trophy Shot

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Her Side of the Street, Women in Street, Street Dance

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PHOTOGRAPHY EDUCATION

International Center of Photography, The Grammar of Photography, Levels 1-10 and Advanced Seminars (Christopher Giglio). Leica Akademie workshops (Boston and Paris with Phil Penman)., Santa Fe Workshops in Cuba (Joe Barbaran), Maine Media/NYC (Peter Turnley), Harvey Stein NYC workshop

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern, MBA, 1987

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, BA, 1982 

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