Todd Hido (born 25 August 1968)[1] is an American photographer.[2] He has produced 17 books,[3] had his work exhibited widely and included in various public collections.[4] Hido is currently an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.[5]
Much of Hido's earlier work involves photographs of urban and suburban housing[10] across the U.S.. Hido accidentally approached what would be one of his best-known themes, when driving at night on the West Coast, he started photographing houses in different neighborhoods.[11] The houses often seemed isolated and had mostly in common the presence of a window with the light on. From this research it came his book House Hunting, published in 2001.
He then started to include figures, mostly female nudes in interiors, and also to depict rural landscapes. In 2006 he published the monograph Between The Two. Hido combines interior photos and portraits taken of models and actresses, maintaining an aesthetic similar to that of its first publication. Also in this book there are night shots of buildings. No text or description were inserted, so as to leave the viewer total freedom of interpretation.[12] In 2018, he released Bright Black World, his first work photographed outside the U.S. with environmental overtones.
Taft Street. One Picture Book 6. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2001. ISBN978-1590050170.
Roaming. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2004. ISBN978-1590050958 Edition of 3000 copies.
Between the Two. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2006. ISBN978-1590051764. Edition of 2000 copies.
Crooked Cracked Tree in Fog. One Picture Book 60. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2009. ISBN978-1-59005-292-1. Edition of 500 copies.
Ohio. TBW Subscription Series #2. Oakland, CA: TBW, 2009. ASINB0087G1LD4. Edition of 800 copies. The other volumes are by Abner Nolan, Marianne Mueller and Alec Soth.
B-Sides – Silver Meadows. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2014. ASINB00KP206DO. Edition of 500 copies. 50 individual cards in a clear plexi box, similar to a pack of playing cards.
Khrystyna's World. Amsterdam: Reflex Amsterdam, 2015. ISBN978-90-71848-22-3. Edition of 500 copies. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Todd Hido: Selections from a Survey: Khrystyna's World, 2015, Reflex Amsterdam, Amsterdam. With an essay by Katya Tylevich, "Khrystyna's World: Detention in the Getaway Car".[n 1]
Seasons Road. One Picture Book 93. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2016. ISBN978-1-59005-456-7. Edition of 500 copies. 7 colour plates and 1 photographic print. "Every year at Christmas for the past ten years, Todd Hido has traveled to Ohio to visit his parents. During his annual trip home, Hido makes photographs along the small road that serves as the namesake for this book."[14]
Intimate Distance: Twenty-five Years of Photographs, A Chronological Album. New York: Aperture, 2016. ISBN978-1-59711-360-1. With an essay by David Campany.
B-Sides Box Sets – Homing In. Oakland, CA: B-Sides Box Sets, 2017. ISBN978-1-5323-5128-0. Edition of 2000 copies. 50 individual cards in a box. Previously unpublished photographs from House Hunting.
Bright Black World. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli, 2018. ISBN978-1590054758. Text by Alexander Nemerov.
The End Sends Advance Warning. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli, 2023. ISBN978-1-59005-595-3.
Smaller publications by Hido
Collage Number Three. Deadbeat Club #41. Los Angeles, CA: Deadbeat Club, 2016. Edition of 500 copies. 8 page zine which folds out to form a poster.
The Perfect Copy Vol. 1. San Francisco, CA: Colpa, 2016. Six 4-color Risograph photographic prints in screen printed envelope. Edition of 100 copies.
2017: In Focus Artist selected by the National Portrait Gallery, London curators, an annual showcase for new work by an internationally renowned photographer[32]
Collections
Hido's work is held in the following permanent collections:
^The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation's "Special Awards Recipients 1987-Present" PDF hereArchived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine does not list Hido.