Mason Pippenger
Chicago, IL
Mason Pippenger is an award-winning writer, photographer, and digital/editorial creator based in Chicago. In his work, he explores the sometimes murky waters of race, sexuality, culture, and humanity.
Mason graduated from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and is a recipient of the 2025 Rapbrary Future Archive Award from Roy Kinsey and The Poetry Foundation. He is also a contributor of A Gay Great Book: Stories of Growth, Belonging, and Other Queer Possibilities, published by Abrams Books.
CV (of Jan. 2021)
TubLove: a poetry art book (Photography/Creative and Editorial Designer)
Winter 2020
Tik Tok, the new MTV? - PopSugar (W)
Summer 2020
Queer and Quarantined: Notes from the Midwest during COVID-19 - PopSugar (W)
Summer 2020
Growth State - HopeIRL (P)
Summer 2020
Episcopal Charities' Lenten Reader - "VEILED" (P)
Winter 2020
Black Hair Beauty - Sidepiece Magazine (P)
Summer 2020
Indianapolis 2019 Pride Feature - Sidepiece Magazine (W/P)
Summer 2019
Soapbox Zine - "Taste Like Summer" (P)
Summer 2019
Brunch Club Magazine - "Washed in the Water" (W)
Summer 2019
Warm Brothers Magazine - "I HAVE FOUND A HOME" (W/P)
Winter 2018
Brave Voices Magazine - cover photographer and featured artist (P)
Winter 2018
Soapbox Zine - "A Tribute to Basements" (W)
Fall 2018
Chase Huglin 'Coast' Music Video (V)
Summer 2018
PATTERN Magazine - BSU Creative Highlight
Summer 2018
The Broken Plate - "Black Boy Growing" (P)
Spring 2018
Soapbox Zine - "Living at the Intersection" (W)
Spring 2018
Self Portrait Magazine (P)
January 2018
Thread Arts Collective "MAN DOWN" (P)
September 2017
(W) - Writing
(P) - Photography
(V) - Videography
