About Easton Nights Inc
"Easton Nights Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit corporation formed in 2023 to help fund the continuation of a series of unique exhibitions, as well as the documentation and publication of several photographic series created by Easton-based artist Peter Ydeen. Predominantly known for the series 'Easton Nights,' a romantic and surreal view of the Lehigh Valley shot in the small hours, Ydeen is also the creator of several other series, including 'Commuter Motions,' 'Black White and Gray,' 'Waiting for Palms,' and 'Valley Days.' Prior to Easton Nights Inc., the exhibitions were mostly funded by the artist himself, with the help of small stipends from the host institutions. The purpose of the corporation is to secure additional funding to assist in transportation, crating, shipping, installation, and travel for the exhibits, as well as the creation of books for each of the series. These books will be available in inexpensive, accessible formats, as well as higher quality editions intended for donation to libraries and institutions.
Peter Ydeen selected CV
Peter Ydeen, Easton Pennsylvania
Education
BA Painting and Sculpture - Virginia Tech
MFA Painting and Sculpture - Brooklyn College - Fellowship
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture - Scholarship
Sculpture Center - NYC - Fellowship
One and Two Person Shows
Upcoming
2026 Waiting for Palms Noyes Museum of Art - Hammonton Galleries - June - August
2026 Waitning for Palms Muhlenberg College, Allentown - January through May
Past
2022/23 Easton Nights at the Sigal Museum - August 1, 2022 - May 28. 2023
2022 Spirit of Place - Lafaytette College - Skillman Library Gallery
2022 Easton Nights - Miniatures - Colorida Gallery - Lisbon Portugal July
2021 Easton Nights - Galleria Bruno Lisi - Rome curated by Camelia Boemio - July - August
2021 - Easton Nights - Noyes Arts Museum - Arts Garage - Stockton University - April 6 - June 27
2020 Oct/Nov - Easton Nights - Freedman Gallery - Albright College - Reading, Pennsylvania
2020 Sept/Oct Easton Nights - Sykes Gallery at Millersville University
2019 Dreams - Selections from the series Easton Nights curated by Lauren Nye; DeSoto Family Vault, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. November 1, 2019 – January 12, 2020
2019 Easton Nights – Valley Days – State Theater Arts Center Jan13 - March 23 – Easton, Pennsylvania
2018 Easton Nights - Saint Josephs Univerisity Galleries, August 20 – September 25 – Philadelphia
2018 May 19 – June 2 Easton Nights at Brick and Mortar Gallery in Easton, Pennsylvania
2018 April 19 – May 3 Seeing before Words - two person show with Lee Smillie, Prism Contemporary –Blackburn, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 - Tryst International Alternative Art Fair presented by the Torrance Museum and AAC Platform- Los Angeles
2023 - Trieste Photo Days - Black / White and Gray - 10 photographs - Trieste International Airport - Trieste Italy
2021 - The Poetry of the Ordinary - curated by Douglas Beasley - Photoplace gallery, Vermont
2019/20 Invision Juried Exhibition, Crayola Gallery at the Banana Factory
2018 The Essential – presented by Loosen Art – Space Milliapani Rome
2018 World Street Photography book release exhibition – Gudberg Nerner Gallery Hamburg, June 15
2018 Copenhagen Photo Festival “Censured Exhiibition” Four photographs June 7 – June 17
2018 The Atlantic Contemporary Art Fair, Lancashire Great Britain 10 photographs displayed.
2017 Loosen Art Collective, Alembic Gallery, Rome 14 October - 14 November
2017 World Street Photography Vol 4 show at Gudberg Nerger Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2017 "The Street Experience" "Exhaling Mini Mouse", Space Millepiani, Rome - July 2017
2017 "A Surreal Vision” "Vogue Couture - Paris Pennsylvania", Space Millepiani, Rome - June 9 2017
2017 "Space" Float Magazine exhibition at the Littlefield Perfomance Center in Brooklyn New York - June
2017 "Street Sans Frontières", Paris, May Three photos from the Easton Nights Series. Curated by Martin Vegas
Awards - selected
2021 - Prix de Photographie - Paris - Gold Award - special Categories
2019 Critical Mass top 200
2019 Rust Belt Biennial - top 50
2018 International Color Awards – 1st Place – Americana – Pink Line
2018 IPOTY (International Photographer of the Year) – 3rd place for night photography “Easton Nights”
Book Publications
2023 Commuter Motions - 128 pages with and essay - paperback, ebook and hardcover - Easton Nights Press
2020 Easton Nights - Peter Ydeen - 72 page catalogue which accompanied an exhibit at Albright College
2019 Observations in the Ordinary
2018 World Street Photography 5 – Indoor Parking - Gudberg Nerner Publisher
2017 "World Street Photography 4" - "A Mother A Baby and a Tree"- Gudberg Nerner Publisher
Magazine Publications
Peter Ydeen’s work appears in a large variety of online and print magazines, below is a partial list
2023 Private Photo Review - Commuter Motions – an experiential view of a commute Feb - 2024
2022 - The Eye of Photography - Black White and Gray, June
2021 Gente de Fotografia - Issue 77 Oct - Easton Nights / Peter Ydeen by Loredana Cavalieri
2021 The Dreaming Machine - Interview with Camilla Boemio - December
2021 ArtDoc Magazine - Eerie beauty in nocturnal industrial town - Issue 1 - Cover
2020 Streetphotography.com - Conversations with Peter Ydeen - Interview by Michael Sweet
2019 Dodho Magazine - Easton Nights
2019 All About Photo - Peter Ydeen
2019 Landscape Stories - issue 29 - "Cities" - "Easton Nights”
2019 EyeShot Magazine - Peter Ydeen - Easton Nights
2018 Landscape Stories – Issue 29 Feature
2018 Phroom Magazine – Interview – Peter Ydeen
2017 C41 Magazine, "Photographs of Peter Ydeen" published July 14
2017 Kaltblut Magazine, Easton Nights by Peter Ydeen, published January 2
2016 L"Oeil de la Photographie, Peter Ydeen - Easton Nights, published October 22
2016 SilverShotz Magazine. "Dark" series featured in the August issue.