Dylan Connell is a documentary photographer and visual artist currently based in Chicago. Born and raised in Kansas, his work is influenced by his upbringing as the child of a single mother who worked long hours in an Advanced Auto factory, and reflects a personal and empathetic approach to storytelling. His photographs have been featured in The Times (Pottawatomie County, KS) and Places Journal and exhibited at the Mark A. Chapman Gallery for both the Weary Family Art Scholarship Student Exhibition and the BFA Exhibition, as well as at The Volland Store for the exhibition In Plain Sight. He was also part of the Filter Photo MFA Exhibition in Chicago.
Dylan earned his BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Photography from Kansas State University, where he received numerous awards, including the Weary Family Art Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Workshop Scholarship, A&S Undergraduate Research Grant, Salina Journal Photojournalist of the Year Scholarship, and the Mark A. Chapman and Cheryl Mellenthin Fine Arts Scholarship. He was the recipient of the Prism Photo Workshop Scholarship in 2024. He is currently pursuing his MFA at Columbia College Chicago, where he continues developing long-form documentary projects centered on underrepresented communities.