Nationality American Website www.shanelavalette.com | Name Shane Lavalette | |
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Born 1987 (age 28–29) Burlington, Vermont, USA Occupation Photographer, Artist, Publisher | ||
Picturing the south a photobook by shane lavalette archive
Shane Lavalette (born 1987 in Burlington, Vermont) is an American photographer.
Contents
- Picturing the south a photobook by shane lavalette archive
- Life and work
- Publication by Lavalette
- Publications with contribution by Lavalette
- Awards
- References
Life and work
Lavalette studied photography at Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he received a BFA in 2009.
In 2010, Lavalette was commissioned by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta to contribute to their Picturing the South series, His work was exhibited there in 2012 and received media coverage from CNN, Time, NPR, and The New York Times. His book One Sun, One Shadow is an extension of this body of work.
In 2011, Lavalette was hired as the associate director of Light Work, a non-profit photography organization in Syracuse, New York. He was appointed director two years later, in 2013. At Light Work, Lavalette oversees the organization's Artist-in-Residence Program, exhibitions, and publication of Contact Sheet, a photography journal.