John McWilliams (American)

Timeline

1941: Born in Pittsfield, MA
1967: B.F.A. and M.F.A from Rhode Island School of Design; studied under Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind
1967–1968: Photography Instructor at The Cooper Union in New York
1968–1969: Media Instructor at Rhode Island Reformatory in Howard, Rhode Island
1969: Became Senior Professor of Photography at The School of Art and Design, Georgia State University in Atlanta
1973: Co-founded Nexus Photographic Cooperative in Atlanta (now the
1975: Received his first National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Photography
1976: Received his second National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Photography
1977: Received the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1985: One of four featured photographers in Visible Light: Four Creative Biographies by Michael Lesy, Time Books
1987: Became member of Graduate Faculty at The School of Art and Design Georgia State University
1989: Land of Deepest Shade published by Aperture
1995: Awarded Georgia Council for the Arts Artist Grant; Became Director of The School of Art and Design, Georgia State University
2002: Retired from Georgia State University

2007: Looking/Longing, Agnes Scoot College Dalton Gallery, Decatur, Georgia
2002: John McWilliams: Casting, The School of Art and Design at Georgia State University in Atlanta
1999: Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography, International Center of Photography, New York
1995–1996: Eight Georgia Photographers, tour in Finland, exhibition in six sites
1993: Aperture’s 40th Anniversary Exhibition and Auction, Burden Gallery, New York
1989: Land of Deepest Shade: Photographs of the South by John McWilliams, High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Exhibition traveled to Columbus, Georgia and Columbia, SC
1985: John McWilliams: Photographs of the Santee River Delta and Cape Romaine, McClellanville, SC

English (US)