I’ve donated a photograph shot in March 2020 of a mural commemorating the 1966 Port Gibson Boycott led by the NAACP in Mississippi from my body of work in-progress, SOUTHERN FICTION, to Rocket Science Magazine’s fundraiser dedicated to organizations who support Black lives and the ongoing fight against racism. On April 1, 1966, the local […]
William Faulkner’s Kitchen Curtains, Rowan Oak, Oxford, Mississippi, 2019 Southern Fiction, a new series in-progress exploring the settings that inspired the literary work of iconic 20th-century Southern writers, received a Small Grant Award in 2019 and a Major Grant Award in 2020 from East Tennessee State University’s Research Development Committee.
A collection of images from Upstate, along with Xhenet Aliu’s foreword to the book, were recently published on Hudson River Stories, a website created by Jon Bowermaster featuring content about the Hudson River by photographers, filmmakers, writers, activists and environmentalists.
Selections from American Stills and Upstate were recently featured in an article, Rural America: Photography as Cultural Narrative, written by CJ Dansdill for Musée Magazine along with work by photographers Todd Hido, Jon Horvath, Seph Lawless and Gregory Crewdson.
Two images from UPSTATE are included in Coined in the South at the Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, NC on view from October 10, 2019 – February 16, 2020. This group exhibition of work in various media by artists working in and/or from the Southeast is hosted by The Young Affiliates in collaboration with the museum.
UPSTATE opens at Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House on August 10 and is on view through September 29. There is a reception on Saturday, August 10 from 5-7pm.
Rear Bedroom, Oliver Bronson House, Hudson, New York, 2016 A selection of 12 prints from UPSTATE will be exhibited at ilon Art Gallery from June 7 – July 22 with a reception on Friday, June 7 from 6 – 9pm. This solo exhibition is the culmination of receiving First Prize last June 2018 in ilon […]
A selection of photographs from UPSTATE will be exhibited at Tracey Morgan Gallery in Asheville, NC from April 12 – May 25 with a reception and book signing on Friday, April 12 from 6-8pm.
I will be signing copies of UPSTATE at Daylight Book’s Table 638 at The Photography Show at AIPAD on Saturday, April 6 from 1-2pm.
UPSTATE: Photographs by Tema Stauffer published by Daylight Books is nominated for the Unveil’d Photobook Award 2018 and will be included in their next photo book exhibition at Borough Road Gallery in London in April.