A former editor of Afterimage magazine (Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY). Dec. 2002-Jan. 2005. Free-lance critic and photo-historian collaborating with Ciel Variable (Canada), Afterimage (US), Réponses Photo (France), and www.photographie.com, www.photophiles.com Numerous solo and group exhibitions starting in 1973. Has been teaching Photography to a broad variety of age-groups and audiences for over 30 years including in the oldest and most prestigious of photo festivals (Rencontres d’Arles). First award in an international photo-show at 17. 1981-1991: Secretary of the Regional Committee for Photography (Limoges, France). Co-founder of L’Œil Écoute photo-gallery (Limoges) in 1991. Education On-going PhD dissertation (Université de Savoie à Chambéry–France): "American Landscape Photography, 1960-1990" 2001 MFA SUNY Buffalo 1996 Diploma of Advanced Studies (Post-graduate), Université de Limoges, France. 1990 MA (English), Université de Limoges. Solo exhibitions 2004 Rearview, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY 2002 The Death of the Flâneur (2), Spectrum Gallery, Rochester, NY 2001 All That Jazz and Blues, Spot, Buffalo, (NY 2001 The Death of the Flâneur, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls University MFA thesis 1999 A Serial Viewer, Center For the Arts, Photography Department, SUNY Buffalo, NY 1999 A Serial Viewer, B & W images, Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY 1999 A Serial Viewer, Color images, The Sunken Room Gallery, Rochester, NY 1998 De la Vallée de la Breuilh à la Vallée de la Mort [From the Breuilh Valley to Death Valley, 10 years of Photography], Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture, La Souterraine, France 1997 Vu à l’Ouest (Seen in the West), at L’Humeur Vagabonde, Limoges, France 1996 Stone Blue, Espace Culturel Fayolles, Guéret, France 1995 Stone Blue, The Link Gallery, City Hall, Rochester, NY 1994 Le Bleu des Pierres, MJC, Guéret, France 1994 La Pierre et l’Eau, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles, Limoges, France 1994 Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Bibliothèque Municipale, Guéret, France 1994 Danse Émoi, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles, Limoges, France 1993 Le Bleu des Pierres, Chapelle de la Sénatorerie, Guéret, France 1993 La Vallée de la Breuilh, Galerie Fortunor, Limoges, France 1993 Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture, Ussel, France 1992 America, America, Franklin Roosevelt underground car-park (young American literature festival), Limoges, France 1992 Un Temps, Trois Mouvements, Centre Culturel et Social Municipal Jean Moulin, Limoges (Danse Emoi festival) 1992 La Danse du Regard, Galerie L’Oeil Ecoute, Limoges, France 1991 L’Oeil d’une Saison, Théatre de la Compagnie Expression 7, Limoges, France 1991 Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Rencontres Photographiques de Solignac (international photographic festival), Solignac, France 1989 Bastide Blues, La Tartelière, Limoges 1987 Itinéraire Provençal, Galerie Feuillade, Limoges, France 1986 Impressions, CCSM Jean moulin, Limoges, France 1981 English Beaches, Centre Culturel et Social Jean Gagnant, Limoges, France 1980 Lancashire Photographs, bibliothèque du département d’Anglais de L’Umiversité de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France Group exhibitions and collaborations 2007 E-motions, collaboration with choreographer Mark Schmidt for the Image Movement Sound festival, Rochester, NY (Choreography created from my series Mendon Ponds I.) 2007 Encounters, collaboration with choreographer and dancer, Missy Pfohl-Smith, from my photo series, Mendon Ponds II (Performed at the Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Brockport (NY), and at University Settlement, Soho, New York City) 2006-2007 Rochester Contemporary 16th Annual Members’ Show, Rochester, NY 2006 Arena Art Group Show. Dyer Art Center, NTID, Rochester, NY 2006 Sonnenberg Art Show with Arena Group, Canandaigua, NY 2005 Sonnenberg Art Show with Arena Group, Canandaigua, NY 2005 Fougères, collaborative work with painter Gérard Desplanques and poet Bernard Blot, Creuse, France 2005 The Arena Group, The Little Theater, Rochester, NY 2004 Arena Art Group, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY 2004 Photo Editors Who Shoot, Robert Fullerton Art Museum, California State University of San Bernardino (Group exhibition of photo editors from Afterimage, Index, Muscle & Fitness, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Vibe, and Village Voice.) 2004 Sculpture and Photography, Centre Culturel de Couzeix (France) 2004 The Arena Art Group at the Sonnenberg Arts Festival, Canandaigua, NY 2004 Gérard Desplanques, Bruno Chalifour, Miriel Rocher, Galerie Art Set, Limoges 2004 Arena Art Group, Lederer Gallery, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 2003 The Teachers’ Show, Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY 2003 The Arena Art Group at the Sonnenberg Arts Festival, Canandaigua, NY 2003 Le Salon des Refusés, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY 2003 A Photographer’s Path VI, The Center at High Falls Gallery, Rochester, NY 2003 A travers l’image, 8 photographers. Couzeix Cultural Center, Couzeix, France 2002-2003 Celebration of Life. A 25 th Anniversary Exhibit. Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY 2002 Our City, Our Home: The Artists’ Breakfast Group, The Link Gallery, Rochester City Hall, Rochester, NY 2002 A Photographers’ Path V, The Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY [George Eastman House Award] 2001 Arena group Show, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY 2001 The Graduate Show, work from RIT, SUNY Buffalo, VSW. SPAS gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 2000 University of Buffalo 2nd Year MFA Students’ Show, Center for the Arts Gallery, SUNY Buffalo, NY 2000 The Arena Group Show, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY 2000 Arbres, Centre Culturel, Couzeix (France) 2000 University of Buffalo, MFA, 1st Year Students' Show, CFA Gallery, SUNY Buffalo, NY 2000 Visual Student Artists' Organization Annual Show, CFA Atrium, SUNY Buffalo, NY 1999 CEPA Annual Members' Exhibition, Buffalo, NY 1999 Rochester Scene Seen, a juried exhibition, The Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY 1999 Images for a New Millenium, Campos Group, Rochester, NY 1999 Camera Rochester, The Campos Group, Rochester, NY 1999 A Photographer's Path II, “Prophecy”, The Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY 1999 The Artists' Breakfast Group 1999, The Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY 1999 The Arena Group Annual Show, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY 1998 Then and Now, the Artists’ Breakfast group, Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY 1998 Village Gate Juried Show, Rochester, NY 1998 Festival Off, Rencontres Internationales de Photographie, Arles, France 1997 20/20, Campos Group, Rochester, NY 1997 Mount Hope Cemetery, The Link gallery, City Hall, Rochester, NY 1997 Camera Rochester, Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY 1997 Strange Bedfellows, The Artists’ Breakfast Group, Bausch & Lomb Gallery, Rochester, NY 1997 Death Valley, [color slides], as a part RIP off, Rencontres Internationales de Photographies d’Arles, France 1996 Stone Blue, [slides], as a part of RIP off, Rencontres Internationales de Photographies d’Arles, France 1996 Chabrières, Centre Culturel Fayolles, Guéret, France 1995 Camera Rochester, Center at High Falls, Rochester 1994 Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Guéret Public Library, Guéret, France 1994 Le Bleu des Pierres, and Danse Émoi, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles, Région Limousin, Limoges, France 1993 Oradour sur Glane, (12 photos) Fête de l’Amitié, Salle des Sœurs de la Rivière, Limoges, France 1993 La Vallée de la Breuilh, Galerie Fortunor, Contrastes 93 festival, Limoges, France |
