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Born / né, 1956, Limoges (France).EDUCATION
1973 : Baccalauréat A4, mention Bien (Highschool diploma).
1973-1975 : Classe préparatoire ENS St Cloud.
- Lycée Gay Lussac, Limoges. [+ Univ. Limoges]
- Lycée Condorcet, Paris. [+ Univ. Paris X]
-> sous-admissible Ecole Normale Supérieure de St Cloud.
1976 : Licence d'Anglais (BA)+ 2 C1 (Université de Limoges) - mention Bien
- Littérature et civilisation anglaises
- Littérature et civilisation américaines.
1978 : CAPGC Lettres Anglais (Certified Professsor, Junior HSchool).
1979 : Maîtrise d'anglais (MA) - mention Bien
Mémoire : "A Critical Study of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles".
1987 : CAPES anglais (certified professor Junior HS, Highschool, college).
1996 : Diplôme d'Études Avancées, Univ. de Limoges - mention A Bien.
[Doctoral studies, course work / Ph D abd.]
Mémoire : "The Enigmatic Mr. Bill Brandt".
2001 : Master of Fine Arts - SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
[Maîtrise Beaux Arts, option photographie]
2019 : Doctorat Lettres et civilisation anglophones, Université de Lyon 2.
Thèse : "Le paysage de la photographie américaine de paysage, 1960- 1990" sous la direction du Professeur Jean Kempf.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018-present : Secrétaire de The Photographic Historical Society, Rochester NY.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018-present : Secrétaire de The Photographic Historical Society, Rochester NY.
2005-present : Fine-art photographer, free-lance photojournalist, art critic, curator, photo consultant, photo historian, photo instructor and
lecturer.
(Publications : Afterimage, Choice, Ciel Variable, Photovision, Réponses Photo, Photography & Culture, Photophiles.com,
Photographie.com,...)
2009-present : Adjunct professor (fine-art, photography, photo-journalism),
Empire State College (NY).
2014-2015 : Director Spectrum Gallery (Rochester NY).
2004-present : Maître de stage, lecteeur de portfolio (Personal Workshops,
Rencontres de Photographie d'Arles, Arles.
[Teaching workshops at the Arles International Photo Festival]
Dec.2002-Jan.2005 : Editor and Photo Editor of Afterimage magazine, Visual Studies
Workshop, Rochester NY.
Adjunct professor, MFA program, SUNY Brockport at VSW.
1995-present : Photo instructor and lecturer, Community Darkroom, Rochester,
NY. (Courses : Intermediate and Advanced Black and White Photography, Color, Ilfochrome, Photoshop, Landscape Photography, From Snapshot to Series, Looking at Photographs, Me
and my New DSLR, A Thematic Approach to the History of
Photography).
2008-2009: Adjunct professor of photography SUNY Buffalo:
Courses: History of Photography; Contemporary Photography.
2001-2002 : Adjunct professor of photography
- University of Rochester
- State University of New York at Buffalo
1999-2001 : Teaching assistant in photography and visual theory,
SUNY Buffalo.
1993-1994 : Cours expérimental de photograhie, Centre Pénitentiaire de Tulle (France). [Experimental photo course to a prison Inmates, Tulle]
1981-present : Journaliste, photojournaliste et critique d'art free-lance.
(Publications : L'Echo du Centre, Le Populaire du Centre, Le Nouvel Observateur, The Democrat and Chronicle...).
1978-present : Professeur d'anglais, académie de Limoges.
1976-1994 : Instructeur en photographie, Centres Culturels de la ville de Limoges (France).
1976-1977 : Teaching Assistant in French, Rivington Secondary School, St Helens (Merseyside, UK).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
July 2015: Bruno Chalifour, Arts Council, Rochester NY.
August 2012: El Yunque, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
July 2012: La Vallée de la Breuilh, Maison de la Culture
La Souterraine (France).
April-May 2012: Histoires de France, Image City Photo Gallery (East Gallery),
Rochester NY.
July 2011: La Vallée de la Breuilh, Office du Tourisme
Pierre-Buffière (France).
April 2010: Eye Music / Bruno Chalifour & Howard Koft, Arts Council,
Rochester NY.
May 2008: High Falls, Pavillon du Verdurier, Limoges (France).
March/May 2004: Rearview, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY.
Aug. 23-Oct. 5, 2002: The Death of the Flâneur (2), Spectrum Gallery, Rochester (NY).
November 2001: All That Jazz and Blues, Spot, Buffalo (NY.)
April 2001: The Death of the Flâneur, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls (MFA thesis).
Sept./Oct. 1999: A Serial Viewer, Center For the Arts, Photography Department, SUNY Buffalo.
July/August 1999: A Serial Viewer #1, B & W images, Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY.
A Serial Viewer #2, Color images, The Sunken Room Gallery, Rochester, NY.
July/August 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.
Nov. 1997: Vu à l’Ouest (Seen in the West), at L’Humeur Vagabonde, Limoges, France.
June-August 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.
La Pierre et l’Eau, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles, Limoges, France.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Bibliothèque Municipale, Guéret, France.
Danse Émoi, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles, Limoges, France.
1993: Le Bleu des Pierres, Chapelle de la Sénatorerie, Guéret, France.
La Vallée de la Breuilh, Galerie Fortunor, Limoges, France.
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.
Un Temps, Trois Mouvements, Centre Culturel et Social Municipal Jean Moulin, Limoges (Danse Emoi festival).
La Danse du Regard, Galerie L’Oeil Ecoute, Limoges, France.
1991: L’Oeil d’une Saison, Théatre de la Compagnie Expression 7, Limoges, France.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Rencontres Photographiques de Solignac (international photographic festival), Solignac, France.
1990: Jazz Émoi, galerie Anecdotes, Limoges, 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, Université de Clermont-Ferrand 2, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2015:
June-July: The Genesee Valley Gorge, Link Gallery, City Hall,
Rochester NY.
2014:
November: Black & White, Image City Photo Gallery, Rochester NY.
October: The New York Artists Guild (Chalifour, Gold, Koft, Menzie,
Richards, Sheller), Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
September: The Genesee Valley Gorge, Greentopia, enter at High Falls,
Rochester NY.
August: Made in Rochester (P. Cain, B. Chalifour, C. Chiarenza,
W. Edwards, N. Lyons), Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
February-March: Chiarenza, Bradley, Chalifour, Haas, Rochester Contemporary
Art Center, Rochester NY.
2011:
May: Itinéraires Photographiques du Limousin, Pavillon du Verdurier,
Limoges.
2009:
August-Feb. 2010: "Where We Live", International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester NY. [High Falls series]
Nov.-Jan. 2010: Rochester Contemporary Members' Show, Rochester Contemporary,
Rochester NY. [Sponsor's Award]
Aug-Oct: "The 2010 New York Artist Guild Exhibition", Dyer Art Center at
NTID/RIT, Rochester NY.
Spring 2009: "A Photographer's Path XII", Center at High Falls, Rochester NY.
2008:
Spring 2008: "A Photographer's Path XI", Center at High Falls, Rochester NY.
Nov.-Jan. 2009: Rochester Contemporary Members' Show, Rochester Contemporary,
Rochester NY.
2007:
Spring 2007: "A Photographer's Path X", Center at High Falls, Rochester NY.
2006:
August: The Arena Art Group, Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua, NY.
June-August: The Arena Art Group, NTID gallery, RIT, Rochester NY.
March: Artwalk, Main Street Armory, Rochester NY.
2005:
Oct.: Les Fougères, Williams Gallery, Rochester NY.
August: The Arena Art Group, Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua, NY.
April-August: Les Fougères, collaborative work with painter Gérard Desplanques,
and poet Bernard Blot, Creuse, France. [catalogue]
April: The Arena Art Group, The Little Theater, Rochester, NY.
2004:
Oct./ Nov.: Arena Art Group, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY.
Sept. 23—Nov. 6: 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.)
October: Sculpture and Photography, Centre Culturel de Couzeix (Fr).
August: Arena Art Group, Sonnenberg Arts Festival, Canandaigua, NY.
April: Gérard Desplanques, Bruno Chalifour, Miriel Rocher, Galerie Art Set, Limoges.
Jan. 18 – Feb. 13: Arena Art Group, Lederer Gallery, SUNY, Geneseo, NY.
2003:
October: The Teachers’ Show, Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY.
September, 23-24: The Arena Art Group, Sonnenberg Arts Festival, Canandaigua.
August: Le Salon des Refusés, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY.
March-May: A Photographer’s Path VI, The Center at High Falls Gallery, Rochester, NY.
January: A travers l’image, 8 photographers. Couzeix Cultural Center, Couzeix, France.
Nov. 8, 2002-Feb. 2: Celebration of Life. A 25 th Anniversary Exhibit. Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY.
2002:
September: Our City, Our Home: The Artists’ Breakfast Group, The Link Gallery, Rochester City Hall, Rochester NY.
Spring: A Photographers’ Path V, The Center at High Falls, Rochester NY. [George Eastman House Award.]
[...and many others since 1973.]
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:
June-July 2015: The Genesee Valley Gorge (Howe, Maker, Malloy-Desormeaux,
Menges, Sekol, Wallace), Link Gallery, Rochester City Hall NY.
May-June 2015: Things We May Have Lost (Jane Walker), Spectrum Gallery,
Rochester NY.
April 2015: Endangered Landscapes (John Ganis), Spectrum Gallery,
Rochester NY.
February-March 2015: Spectrum Talent Show 2015, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
January 2015: Arabat Split / Healing Muds (Sergiy Lebedynsky), Spectrum
Gallery, Rochester NY.
December 2014: The 2014 Retrospective. Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
November 2014: Alan Singer, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
October 2014: The New York Artist Guild, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
September 2014: The Genesee Valley Gorge (Howe, Maker, Malloy-Desormeaux,
Menges, Sekol, Wallace). Center at High Falls, Rochester NY.
In-Between by Steve Malloy-Desormeaux, Spectrum Gallery,
Rochester NY.
August 2014: Made in Rochester, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
June-July 2014: Gounds by Tate Shaw, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
May 2014: Paris-Cuba: William DuBois, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
April 2014: Stephan Gersch, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
March-April 2012: A Pig's Tale, Photographs by François Leteuil, East Gallery,
Image City Photo Gallery, Rochester NY.
August-Nov. 2009: Borderline by Stéphane Croizean. Dyer Art Center, Rochester NY
August-Oct. 2005: Gérard Desplanques, Paintings and Drawings. Williams gallery, Unitarian Church, South Winton Rd, Rochester, NY.
May 2005: Help with Wetlands. A Community Cares for its Environment. Project by Christine Sevilla, The Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY (followed by expanded version at The Link Gallery, Rochester, NY, until the end of July 2005).
November 2004: Dan Neuberger Photographs, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY.
September 2004: Arena Group Show, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY.
August 2003: Le Salon des Refusés, Visual Studies Workshop Gallery, Rochester, NY.
January 2003: A Travers l’Image : 8 Photographes, Centre Culturel de Couzeix, Couzeix (France).
Summer 1994: Fragments, François Leteuil photographs, Centre Culturel de Couzeix, Couzeix (France).
May 1993 : Le plateau de Mille Vaches, Centre Culturel Jean Moulin, Limoges.
March 1993 : Arbres, Centre Culturel Jean Moulin, Limoges.
1992: Regards d’Acier : Harry Gruyaert, Josef Koudelka, Sebastiao Salgado (exhibition commissioned by Sollac, France), Centre Culturel de Couzeix, Couzeix, France.
1991: Émois d’Afrique, photographies de Jean-Luc Gelin, CCSM Jean Gagnant, Limoges
1990: Jacques Kanapa: Photographies à l’Est du Rideau de Fer, Jacques Kanapa, Centre Culturel de Couzeix, Couzeix, France.
1989: Photo-Forum, an exhibition of 10 photographers, 10
conferences. CCSM Jean Moulin, Limoges (France).
1988: Lemaire, Photographe Baroque, Centre Culturel et Social Municipal Jean Moulin, Limoges.
1989: Arbres et Forêt, group exhibition, Beaubreuil Library, Limoges.
1986: La vie en plus, CCSM Jean Gagnant, Limoges (France.)
[Following a workshop with / après un satge avec Guy Le Querrec (Magnum)]
1985: Limoges (2), CCSM Jean Gagnant, Limoges (France).
1984: Limoges (1), CCSM Jean Gagnant, Limoges (France).
1981: Ma vie quotidienne, CCSM Jean Gagnant (France).
ARTICLES and PUBLICATIONS (on photography) :
2009:
December: "La photographie de paysage américaine 2/3",
www.photophiles.com
November: "La photographie de paysage américaine 1/3",
"Les Américains de Robert Frank"
www.photophiles.com
February: "L'Amérique de Cartier-Bresson",
www.photophiles.com
[Text of presentation at Cartier-Bresson's 100th anniversary
symposium, château de Cerisy, organized by the Fondation
Cartier-Bresson and Rennes 2 University (France)].
2008: "Shai Kremer's Infected Landscape"
"RICHARD MISRACH"
www.photophiles.com
July: "Darkroom by Michel Campeau", in Photography & Culture,
Oxford (UK).
2007: "Infected Landscapes", Afterimage.
2006:
December: "Les Rencontres d'Arles 2006 : Raymond Depardon et ses invités",
in Ciel Variable, Montréal (Québec).
"Dreaming in Black and White", Afterimage, vol.34 #3.
June: 'La Chine' de Burtynsky" in Ciel Variable, Montréal (Québec).
Mars: "AIPAD 2005" in Réponses Photo, Paris.
2005:
September: “Edward Burtynsky” in Réponses Photo (12 pages), September issue, Paris (France).
"Arles Flying High" in Afterimage, vol. 33 # 2, pp.13-14.
July-August: “Larry Towel’s No Man’s Land” in Afterimage, July-August issue, Rochester NY.
Summer: Les Fougères, catalog/portfolio with painter Gérard Desplanques, and poet Bernard Blot.
June: “La photographie américaine contemporaine” in Réponses Photo, (6 pages), Special Summer issue, Paris (France).
May-June: "Dreaming in Black and White", (Julien Levi Gallery), Afterimage
vol.32 # 6.
“Towards Postmodernism. Post-World War II in America: From Committed To Solipsistic Art", chapter co-authored with professor Jean Kempf (Lyon-2), in Visual American Culture, pp.174-189. London: Continuum, 2005.
Dec. 2002-Present: Numerous covers, photographs, articles, reviews, and essays for Afterimage magazine (Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY).
Various essays and reviews for Afterimage Magazine, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY. [among which Josef Koudelka, Rencontres Internationales d’Arles, ICP Triennal, AIPAD 2003, AIPAD 2004, AIPAD 2005, Fotofest 2004, Mois de la Photo (Montreal 2003), Paris Photo, Mois de la Photo (Paris biennal, 2004), Simon Norfolk, Susan Sontag, …].
Ex:
November 2003: "New Trends in Photography: Irenic and Helpless?," in Afterimage Volume 31 # 3.
May 2003 : "Austin 2003: The Conference of the Society for Photographic Education," in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 6.
"Guy Bourdin," in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 6.
March 2003 : "Modern Sublime : the Photography of Josef Koudelka" in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 5.
"Gordon Parks: Half Past Autumn" in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 5.
“City Spaces: Photographs of Chicago Alleys” by Bob Thall, in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 5.
1983-Present: Numerous reviews (sports, theater, modern dance, jazz, arts) in two
regional daily newspapers Le Populaire and l’Echo du Centre, both
published in Limoges (France). [still occasionally collaborating].
2002: Book reviews published in US monthly magazine, Photovision.
Aug.1999-Present: Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles 1999, on-line 6-pages’ review, www.photographie.com .
January 31, 1999: "6 from Buffalo," a full-page review of Buffalo 6, a show at the VSW Gallery, Rochester, NY, published in the Sunday edition of the Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, NY [Gannett Group Newspaper (also publishes USA Today)]
Various Projects
2007: "E-motions" collaboration with choreographer and dancer Mark Schmidt for the Image Sound Movement Festival (Ingle Auditorium, Rochester, NY). [Mendon Ponds series I]
"Encounters" collaboration with choreographer and dancer Pr. Missy Pfohl-Smith performed in Rochester (RIT), New York City (University Settlement), and Brockport (SUNY). [ Mendon Ponds II ]
Books: "Traversonne (Vol. 1): "Intérieurs" [$85]
"Traversonne (Vol. 2): "Extérieurs" [$85]
2005: Books: "Les Fougères" (Guéret, France) [en français] – collaboration –
"Les Fougères" (Rochester, USA) [French/English] [$65]
Various responsibilities:
2006-present: Co-founder and member of the New York Artist Guild.
1999-Present: Elected member of the Arena Art Group, Rochester (NY).
1999-2000: Facilitator of the Artists’ Breakfast Group, Rochester (NY).
1983-1998: Member of the board of Jeunesse-Etudes-Voyages, a non-profit association organizing students’ international exchanges and stays in France, the UK, the USA, Germany, Spain, and Italy.
Organizer and supervisor of students’ international stays.
1991-1994: Town Counselor, Couzeix (France).
1991-1994: Co-founder and member of the board of the gallery L’Oeil Ecoute, Limoges (France).
1990-1998: Elected member of the school-board, Maurice Genevoix College, Couzeix (France).
Coach and trainer of Couzeix men’s handball team (Regional League).
1997-1998: Coach and trainer of ASPTT Limoges Men’s handball team (National League, Division 3).
April 1998: Translator for the US Women’s Handball Olympic team in Limoges (European tour for the 1998 Atlanta Olympics).
1988-1994: President of Couzeix Photo-Club.
1986-1989: Coach and trainer of ASPTT Limoges Women’s hand-ball team (National League, Division 2).
1983-1985: President of Chateauponsac Photo-Club.
Member of the schoolboard of Chateauponsac College, Chateauponsac (France).
1981-1991: Secretary of the Regional Committee for Photography, Limoges. e).
Works in the collections of:
Couzeix Cultural Center and Town of Couzeix.
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY.
Galerie “L’Oeil Écoute”, Limoges, France.
Bibliothèque Municipale de la Ville de Limoges, France.
Compagnie Expression 7, Limoges, France.
Touring Club de France, section de Limoges, France.
Metal Works, Rochester, NY.
…and various private collections.
Galleries distributing work:
- Spectrum Gallery, Lumière, Rochester (NY.)
- The Sunken Room Gallery, Rochester (NY.)
- RentanArt, Rochester (NY).
- L’œil Écoute, Limoges (France.)
Photo Equipment
35 mm
SLR / Reflex [film & digital]: Nikon F / D (x)
Rangefinder / Télémétrique : Leica M
...favorite lens: 35 mm f.2
Medium Format / Moyen Format
6x6 SLR / Reflex : Hasselblad
6x7 rangefinder / télémétrique : Mamiya 7
6x17 : Fuji G 617 + 105 mm
View Camera / Grand Format
4" x 5" : Graflex
Digital / Numérique
Canon G5 (5 Mp)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 (10 Mp) & Leica Dlux 4
lecturer.
(Publications : Afterimage, Choice, Ciel Variable, Photovision, Réponses Photo, Photography & Culture, Photophiles.com,
Photographie.com,...)
2009-present : Adjunct professor (fine-art, photography, photo-journalism),
Empire State College (NY).
2014-2015 : Director Spectrum Gallery (Rochester NY).
2004-present : Maître de stage, lecteeur de portfolio (Personal Workshops,
Rencontres de Photographie d'Arles, Arles.
[Teaching workshops at the Arles International Photo Festival]
Dec.2002-Jan.2005 : Editor and Photo Editor of Afterimage magazine, Visual Studies
Workshop, Rochester NY.
Adjunct professor, MFA program, SUNY Brockport at VSW.
1995-present : Photo instructor and lecturer, Community Darkroom, Rochester,
NY. (Courses : Intermediate and Advanced Black and White Photography, Color, Ilfochrome, Photoshop, Landscape Photography, From Snapshot to Series, Looking at Photographs, Me
and my New DSLR, A Thematic Approach to the History of
Photography).
2008-2009: Adjunct professor of photography SUNY Buffalo:
Courses: History of Photography; Contemporary Photography.
2001-2002 : Adjunct professor of photography
- University of Rochester
- State University of New York at Buffalo
1999-2001 : Teaching assistant in photography and visual theory,
SUNY Buffalo.
1993-1994 : Cours expérimental de photograhie, Centre Pénitentiaire de Tulle (France). [Experimental photo course to a prison Inmates, Tulle]
1981-present : Journaliste, photojournaliste et critique d'art free-lance.
(Publications : L'Echo du Centre, Le Populaire du Centre, Le Nouvel Observateur, The Democrat and Chronicle...).
1978-present : Professeur d'anglais, académie de Limoges.
1976-1994 : Instructeur en photographie, Centres Culturels de la ville de Limoges (France).
1976-1977 : Teaching Assistant in French, Rivington Secondary School, St Helens (Merseyside, UK).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
July 2015: Bruno Chalifour, Arts Council, Rochester NY.
August 2012: El Yunque, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
July 2012: La Vallée de la Breuilh, Maison de la Culture
La Souterraine (France).
April-May 2012: Histoires de France, Image City Photo Gallery (East Gallery),
Rochester NY.
July 2011: La Vallée de la Breuilh, Office du Tourisme
Pierre-Buffière (France).
April 2010: Eye Music / Bruno Chalifour & Howard Koft, Arts Council,
Rochester NY.
May 2008: High Falls, Pavillon du Verdurier, Limoges (France).
March/May 2004: Rearview, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY.
Aug. 23-Oct. 5, 2002: The Death of the Flâneur (2), Spectrum Gallery, Rochester (NY).
November 2001: All That Jazz and Blues, Spot, Buffalo (NY.)
April 2001: The Death of the Flâneur, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls (MFA thesis).
Sept./Oct. 1999: A Serial Viewer, Center For the Arts, Photography Department, SUNY Buffalo.
July/August 1999: A Serial Viewer #1, B & W images, Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY.
A Serial Viewer #2, Color images, The Sunken Room Gallery, Rochester, NY.
July/August 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.
Nov. 1997: Vu à l’Ouest (Seen in the West), at L’Humeur Vagabonde, Limoges, France.
June-August 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.
La Pierre et l’Eau, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles, Limoges, France.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Bibliothèque Municipale, Guéret, France.
Danse Émoi, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles, Limoges, France.
1993: Le Bleu des Pierres, Chapelle de la Sénatorerie, Guéret, France.
La Vallée de la Breuilh, Galerie Fortunor, Limoges, France.
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.
Un Temps, Trois Mouvements, Centre Culturel et Social Municipal Jean Moulin, Limoges (Danse Emoi festival).
La Danse du Regard, Galerie L’Oeil Ecoute, Limoges, France.
1991: L’Oeil d’une Saison, Théatre de la Compagnie Expression 7, Limoges, France.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Rencontres Photographiques de Solignac (international photographic festival), Solignac, France.
1990: Jazz Émoi, galerie Anecdotes, Limoges, 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, Université de Clermont-Ferrand 2, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2015:
June-July: The Genesee Valley Gorge, Link Gallery, City Hall,
Rochester NY.
2014:
November: Black & White, Image City Photo Gallery, Rochester NY.
October: The New York Artists Guild (Chalifour, Gold, Koft, Menzie,
Richards, Sheller), Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
September: The Genesee Valley Gorge, Greentopia, enter at High Falls,
Rochester NY.
August: Made in Rochester (P. Cain, B. Chalifour, C. Chiarenza,
W. Edwards, N. Lyons), Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
February-March: Chiarenza, Bradley, Chalifour, Haas, Rochester Contemporary
Art Center, Rochester NY.
2011:
May: Itinéraires Photographiques du Limousin, Pavillon du Verdurier,
Limoges.
2009:
August-Feb. 2010: "Where We Live", International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester NY. [High Falls series]
Nov.-Jan. 2010: Rochester Contemporary Members' Show, Rochester Contemporary,
Rochester NY. [Sponsor's Award]
Aug-Oct: "The 2010 New York Artist Guild Exhibition", Dyer Art Center at
NTID/RIT, Rochester NY.
Spring 2009: "A Photographer's Path XII", Center at High Falls, Rochester NY.
2008:
Spring 2008: "A Photographer's Path XI", Center at High Falls, Rochester NY.
Nov.-Jan. 2009: Rochester Contemporary Members' Show, Rochester Contemporary,
Rochester NY.
2007:
Spring 2007: "A Photographer's Path X", Center at High Falls, Rochester NY.
2006:
August: The Arena Art Group, Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua, NY.
June-August: The Arena Art Group, NTID gallery, RIT, Rochester NY.
March: Artwalk, Main Street Armory, Rochester NY.
2005:
Oct.: Les Fougères, Williams Gallery, Rochester NY.
August: The Arena Art Group, Sonnenberg Gardens, Canandaigua, NY.
April-August: Les Fougères, collaborative work with painter Gérard Desplanques,
and poet Bernard Blot, Creuse, France. [catalogue]
April: The Arena Art Group, The Little Theater, Rochester, NY.
2004:
Oct./ Nov.: Arena Art Group, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY.
Sept. 23—Nov. 6: 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.)
October: Sculpture and Photography, Centre Culturel de Couzeix (Fr).
August: Arena Art Group, Sonnenberg Arts Festival, Canandaigua, NY.
April: Gérard Desplanques, Bruno Chalifour, Miriel Rocher, Galerie Art Set, Limoges.
Jan. 18 – Feb. 13: Arena Art Group, Lederer Gallery, SUNY, Geneseo, NY.
2003:
October: The Teachers’ Show, Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY.
September, 23-24: The Arena Art Group, Sonnenberg Arts Festival, Canandaigua.
August: Le Salon des Refusés, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY.
March-May: A Photographer’s Path VI, The Center at High Falls Gallery, Rochester, NY.
January: A travers l’image, 8 photographers. Couzeix Cultural Center, Couzeix, France.
Nov. 8, 2002-Feb. 2: Celebration of Life. A 25 th Anniversary Exhibit. Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY.
2002:
September: Our City, Our Home: The Artists’ Breakfast Group, The Link Gallery, Rochester City Hall, Rochester NY.
Spring: A Photographers’ Path V, The Center at High Falls, Rochester NY. [George Eastman House Award.]
[...and many others since 1973.]
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:
June-July 2015: The Genesee Valley Gorge (Howe, Maker, Malloy-Desormeaux,
Menges, Sekol, Wallace), Link Gallery, Rochester City Hall NY.
May-June 2015: Things We May Have Lost (Jane Walker), Spectrum Gallery,
Rochester NY.
April 2015: Endangered Landscapes (John Ganis), Spectrum Gallery,
Rochester NY.
February-March 2015: Spectrum Talent Show 2015, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
January 2015: Arabat Split / Healing Muds (Sergiy Lebedynsky), Spectrum
Gallery, Rochester NY.
December 2014: The 2014 Retrospective. Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
November 2014: Alan Singer, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
October 2014: The New York Artist Guild, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
September 2014: The Genesee Valley Gorge (Howe, Maker, Malloy-Desormeaux,
Menges, Sekol, Wallace). Center at High Falls, Rochester NY.
In-Between by Steve Malloy-Desormeaux, Spectrum Gallery,
Rochester NY.
August 2014: Made in Rochester, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
June-July 2014: Gounds by Tate Shaw, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
May 2014: Paris-Cuba: William DuBois, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
April 2014: Stephan Gersch, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester NY.
March-April 2012: A Pig's Tale, Photographs by François Leteuil, East Gallery,
Image City Photo Gallery, Rochester NY.
August-Nov. 2009: Borderline by Stéphane Croizean. Dyer Art Center, Rochester NY
August-Oct. 2005: Gérard Desplanques, Paintings and Drawings. Williams gallery, Unitarian Church, South Winton Rd, Rochester, NY.
May 2005: Help with Wetlands. A Community Cares for its Environment. Project by Christine Sevilla, The Center at High Falls, Rochester, NY (followed by expanded version at The Link Gallery, Rochester, NY, until the end of July 2005).
November 2004: Dan Neuberger Photographs, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY.
September 2004: Arena Group Show, Williams Gallery, Rochester, NY.
August 2003: Le Salon des Refusés, Visual Studies Workshop Gallery, Rochester, NY.
January 2003: A Travers l’Image : 8 Photographes, Centre Culturel de Couzeix, Couzeix (France).
Summer 1994: Fragments, François Leteuil photographs, Centre Culturel de Couzeix, Couzeix (France).
May 1993 : Le plateau de Mille Vaches, Centre Culturel Jean Moulin, Limoges.
March 1993 : Arbres, Centre Culturel Jean Moulin, Limoges.
1992: Regards d’Acier : Harry Gruyaert, Josef Koudelka, Sebastiao Salgado (exhibition commissioned by Sollac, France), Centre Culturel de Couzeix, Couzeix, France.
1991: Émois d’Afrique, photographies de Jean-Luc Gelin, CCSM Jean Gagnant, Limoges
1990: Jacques Kanapa: Photographies à l’Est du Rideau de Fer, Jacques Kanapa, Centre Culturel de Couzeix, Couzeix, France.
1989: Photo-Forum, an exhibition of 10 photographers, 10
conferences. CCSM Jean Moulin, Limoges (France).
1988: Lemaire, Photographe Baroque, Centre Culturel et Social Municipal Jean Moulin, Limoges.
1989: Arbres et Forêt, group exhibition, Beaubreuil Library, Limoges.
1986: La vie en plus, CCSM Jean Gagnant, Limoges (France.)
[Following a workshop with / après un satge avec Guy Le Querrec (Magnum)]
1985: Limoges (2), CCSM Jean Gagnant, Limoges (France).
1984: Limoges (1), CCSM Jean Gagnant, Limoges (France).
1981: Ma vie quotidienne, CCSM Jean Gagnant (France).
ARTICLES and PUBLICATIONS (on photography) :
2009:
December: "La photographie de paysage américaine 2/3",
www.photophiles.com
November: "La photographie de paysage américaine 1/3",
"Les Américains de Robert Frank"
www.photophiles.com
February: "L'Amérique de Cartier-Bresson",
www.photophiles.com
[Text of presentation at Cartier-Bresson's 100th anniversary
symposium, château de Cerisy, organized by the Fondation
Cartier-Bresson and Rennes 2 University (France)].
2008: "Shai Kremer's Infected Landscape"
"RICHARD MISRACH"
www.photophiles.com
July: "Darkroom by Michel Campeau", in Photography & Culture,
Oxford (UK).
2007: "Infected Landscapes", Afterimage.
2006:
December: "Les Rencontres d'Arles 2006 : Raymond Depardon et ses invités",
in Ciel Variable, Montréal (Québec).
"Dreaming in Black and White", Afterimage, vol.34 #3.
June: 'La Chine' de Burtynsky" in Ciel Variable, Montréal (Québec).
Mars: "AIPAD 2005" in Réponses Photo, Paris.
2005:
September: “Edward Burtynsky” in Réponses Photo (12 pages), September issue, Paris (France).
"Arles Flying High" in Afterimage, vol. 33 # 2, pp.13-14.
July-August: “Larry Towel’s No Man’s Land” in Afterimage, July-August issue, Rochester NY.
Summer: Les Fougères, catalog/portfolio with painter Gérard Desplanques, and poet Bernard Blot.
June: “La photographie américaine contemporaine” in Réponses Photo, (6 pages), Special Summer issue, Paris (France).
May-June: "Dreaming in Black and White", (Julien Levi Gallery), Afterimage
vol.32 # 6.
“Towards Postmodernism. Post-World War II in America: From Committed To Solipsistic Art", chapter co-authored with professor Jean Kempf (Lyon-2), in Visual American Culture, pp.174-189. London: Continuum, 2005.
Dec. 2002-Present: Numerous covers, photographs, articles, reviews, and essays for Afterimage magazine (Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY).
Various essays and reviews for Afterimage Magazine, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY. [among which Josef Koudelka, Rencontres Internationales d’Arles, ICP Triennal, AIPAD 2003, AIPAD 2004, AIPAD 2005, Fotofest 2004, Mois de la Photo (Montreal 2003), Paris Photo, Mois de la Photo (Paris biennal, 2004), Simon Norfolk, Susan Sontag, …].
Ex:
November 2003: "New Trends in Photography: Irenic and Helpless?," in Afterimage Volume 31 # 3.
May 2003 : "Austin 2003: The Conference of the Society for Photographic Education," in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 6.
"Guy Bourdin," in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 6.
March 2003 : "Modern Sublime : the Photography of Josef Koudelka" in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 5.
"Gordon Parks: Half Past Autumn" in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 5.
“City Spaces: Photographs of Chicago Alleys” by Bob Thall, in Afterimage, Volume 30 # 5.
1983-Present: Numerous reviews (sports, theater, modern dance, jazz, arts) in two
regional daily newspapers Le Populaire and l’Echo du Centre, both
published in Limoges (France). [still occasionally collaborating].
2002: Book reviews published in US monthly magazine, Photovision.
Aug.1999-Present: Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles 1999, on-line 6-pages’ review, www.photographie.com .
January 31, 1999: "6 from Buffalo," a full-page review of Buffalo 6, a show at the VSW Gallery, Rochester, NY, published in the Sunday edition of the Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, NY [Gannett Group Newspaper (also publishes USA Today)]
Various Projects
2007: "E-motions" collaboration with choreographer and dancer Mark Schmidt for the Image Sound Movement Festival (Ingle Auditorium, Rochester, NY). [Mendon Ponds series I]
"Encounters" collaboration with choreographer and dancer Pr. Missy Pfohl-Smith performed in Rochester (RIT), New York City (University Settlement), and Brockport (SUNY). [ Mendon Ponds II ]
Books: "Traversonne (Vol. 1): "Intérieurs" [$85]
"Traversonne (Vol. 2): "Extérieurs" [$85]
2005: Books: "Les Fougères" (Guéret, France) [en français] – collaboration –
"Les Fougères" (Rochester, USA) [French/English] [$65]
Various responsibilities:
2006-present: Co-founder and member of the New York Artist Guild.
1999-Present: Elected member of the Arena Art Group, Rochester (NY).
1999-2000: Facilitator of the Artists’ Breakfast Group, Rochester (NY).
1983-1998: Member of the board of Jeunesse-Etudes-Voyages, a non-profit association organizing students’ international exchanges and stays in France, the UK, the USA, Germany, Spain, and Italy.
Organizer and supervisor of students’ international stays.
1991-1994: Town Counselor, Couzeix (France).
1991-1994: Co-founder and member of the board of the gallery L’Oeil Ecoute, Limoges (France).
1990-1998: Elected member of the school-board, Maurice Genevoix College, Couzeix (France).
Coach and trainer of Couzeix men’s handball team (Regional League).
1997-1998: Coach and trainer of ASPTT Limoges Men’s handball team (National League, Division 3).
April 1998: Translator for the US Women’s Handball Olympic team in Limoges (European tour for the 1998 Atlanta Olympics).
1988-1994: President of Couzeix Photo-Club.
1986-1989: Coach and trainer of ASPTT Limoges Women’s hand-ball team (National League, Division 2).
1983-1985: President of Chateauponsac Photo-Club.
Member of the schoolboard of Chateauponsac College, Chateauponsac (France).
1981-1991: Secretary of the Regional Committee for Photography, Limoges. e).
Works in the collections of:
Couzeix Cultural Center and Town of Couzeix.
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY.
Galerie “L’Oeil Écoute”, Limoges, France.
Bibliothèque Municipale de la Ville de Limoges, France.
Compagnie Expression 7, Limoges, France.
Touring Club de France, section de Limoges, France.
Metal Works, Rochester, NY.
…and various private collections.
Galleries distributing work:
- Spectrum Gallery, Lumière, Rochester (NY.)
- The Sunken Room Gallery, Rochester (NY.)
- RentanArt, Rochester (NY).
- L’œil Écoute, Limoges (France.)
Photo Equipment
35 mm
SLR / Reflex [film & digital]: Nikon F / D (x)
Rangefinder / Télémétrique : Leica M
...favorite lens: 35 mm f.2
Medium Format / Moyen Format
6x6 SLR / Reflex : Hasselblad
6x7 rangefinder / télémétrique : Mamiya 7
6x17 : Fuji G 617 + 105 mm
View Camera / Grand Format
4" x 5" : Graflex
Digital / Numérique
Canon G5 (5 Mp)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 (10 Mp) & Leica Dlux 4