Over the years, Cosby's fine art photography has been featured in solo shows, galleries, and museums in Washington, DC; Bellingham, Washington; Dallas, Texas; Steamboat Springs, Colorado; Antigua, Guatemala; and Santa Fe, New Mexico. His works are found in collections throughout the US as well as overseas. Joseph started his work as a photographer in the late 60's for an arts magazine in Princeton, New Jersey. He sold his first work in 1969. By the early 70's he moved from B&W to color and then in 2017 returned "home" to black and white on canvas. With the loss of sight in his right eye his mid-seventies, it appeared that Joseph's career in photography was coming to an end. Instead, he found that it had only just begun as he found a completely new focus and vision. Twelve years later this culminated in the work - "Searching for My Lost Tribe" a project spanning five continents and 50 years of searching, listening, and capturing the stories of lives so different from his own. His formal training in the arts and photography is a short journey. Joseph was never to take an art course beyond the sixth grade, has never taken a course in photography, was never the apprentice of another artist, had no mentors, and claims he is "too old and not smart enough to use Photoshop or its derivatives." Rather, he continues to rely on those techniques, of an earlier era, employed in the dark room.Joseph's academic studies resulted in a MA from Columbia University in New York City and advanced studies at the Instituts d'Études Politiques in Paris. While an undergraduate, he was given a music scholarship for voice to pursue a career in opera. That never happened.In a past life, he enjoyed a career as a consultant for local, state and federal governments with clients ranging from The New York City Police Department, The City of Washington DC; Virginia Department of Corrections, and the Department of Defense. When not traveling off the beaten path with his wife, Sheila, his home is Santa Fe, New Mexico, with their dog, Mondo.
