Kaleb Autman


Photographer. Filmmaker. Organizer. Scholar. Writer. Educator. Director. 

Portfolio
Portraits 
Projects
Publications
Recent Work


Teaching & Speaking
Writing

Film 

About

Email
Instagram
Twitter

Awards & Grants 

Eddie Adams Workshop (EAW XXXVI) /
Jim Dietz Award / 2024 Team Black 

International Center of Photography / PhotoSlam Family Archive Winner 

First Wave Hip Hop Urban Arts Scholar /
UW Madison  

Public Humanities Exchange for Undergraduates (HEX-U) / UW Madison

Prism Photo Workshop Scholarship 

Hero in the Hood Award - Chicago Defender

True Award -  True Chicago 

Encampment For Citizenship Fellow

George Floyd Social Justice Scholarship - Northeastern Illinois University 



Exhibitions 

In Our Landscape -
Black Cultural Center UW Madison - April through December 2023 - 


“untitled” -
School of Education Gallery UW Madison - Forthcoming -




Chicago - Madison, WI - International



Training 

Restorative & Transformative Justice 

Trauma Based Care (& storytelling) 


Direct Action, Political, & Digital Organizing 


Rapid Response Organizing & Communications  


Contributor

NYTimes 
NYTimes Upfront Mag 
Injustice Watch
The Triibe
Truthout.org


Contact 
kalebautman@gmail.com


Currently
Madison, WI & Chicago 

Kaleb Bakari Autman 


Bakari meaning  “Nobel Oath” “Promising” 

Kaleb B Autman (02-02-2002) is a creative and communal scientist who studies the impacts of community, culture, consciousness, and commerce on social change. He uses the photograph (still and moving), written word, prepared dish, and documented history to interrogate the world around him.