City of Dance, Los Angeles Dance ProjectNYC Tableau, The Lincoln CenterBioJOSH S. ROSE is a multidisciplinary artist working in photography, film and writing. His practice bridges visual and performing arts, often exploring the expressive boundaries between movement, emotion and image.
In his longstanding collaborations with leading dance companies and performers, Rose accentuates the poetry of authenticity alongside exacting composition, a balance he describes as technical romanticism. This sensibility has come to define his evolving trajectory as a multidisciplinary storyteller pioneering the creation of art about other art forms.
His work has been commissioned and exhibited internationally, appearing everywhere from Vogue to the Super Bowl to film festivals, and most recently with a large-scale installation project for THE LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, expected to be seen by more than a billion people. Rose is a sought-after collaborator, having brought his lens to artists and arts organizations of all kinds, including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Dance Project, The Museum of Contemporary Art, LA Phil, The Wallis, Benjamin Millepied, Bobbi Jean Smith, Or Schraiber, Doug Aitken and many others.
Before dedicating himself fully to image-making, Rose spent two decades as a creative leader within the Interpublic Group, ultimately serving as Chief Creative Officer. He later founded Humans Are Social, a creative production company. Rose’s impressive client list has included brands like Volkswagen, Playstation, Dr Pepper, Fisher-Price and Samsung.
❋ Recent News“En. Connection Arrives Sideways.” Solo show, Olympia Club, Santa Monica, July 2026.
“Soft Life,” a conceptual dance film with Luca Renzi, Mike Tyus and Max Cookward, featured on Nowness, 2026.
“Prayers,” a music video for Yemen Blues, with Or Schraiber, SF Film Festival, 2025.
“Row Your Boat,” a conceptual dance film with Brian Golden, winner Swedish Film Festival, 2025
“Shells,” Rose’s writer/director debut, official entry New Filmmakers LA, 2025.
Los Angeles Dance Film Festival, Board Member, 2025.
❋ PressPhotographers You Should Know - Josh S. Rose - Monster Children Interview
“NYC Arrival Tableau” featured in Broadway World
Photographer Captures the Poetic, Dynamic Language of Dance (Interview) - MyModernMet
Exclusive Interview with Josh S. Rose (Photo.com)
Josh S. Rose: A Collaborator of Curiosity (Whitehot Magazine)
A View Through The Lens, with Josh S. Rose, podcast interview with Grey Matters.
How To Create Emotion in Photography, article for Storius.
Dancing in the Streets, a conversation with Leica Akademie.
Festival of Motion, Los Angeles Dance Project
QatarSoft Life, with Mike Tyus, Luca Renzi,
Max Cookward.Alien, with James Gregg & Madison Moser.Micro-Show, with Lucie Domenach."Life is a garden, not a road. We enter and exit through the same gate. Wandering, where we go matters less than what we notice." Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.