CRAIG STEVENS (American b. 1947-)Photographer In nature I find peace, comfort, and solitude. For me these images act as memories and relics through highlighting moments and pieces of the scene that spoke to me. Here they continue to speak of the mysteries of the landscape through their elegance and beauty, which are juxtaposed with their initial environment. By doing so, relationships form through the moment in time, form and texture of the objects. Through these relationships, which are discovered after the initial documentation and discovery of the landscape, something larger is felt, something on the lines of fate and Nature. It is an embrace of air. An embrace of the space between our existence and the ephemeral nature of the contemplative sublime. Craig Stevens is a photographer, printmaker and educator. He has taught, written and lectured extensively on the subjects of art, photography and education. Craig is in his 35th year at the Savannah College of Art and Design where he holds the rank of Professor Emeritus. Prior to SCAD Craig was the Associate Director of the Maine Photographic Workshops from 1975 to 1985.He is periodically on the faculty of the Maine Media Workshops, the Santa Fe Workshops and the Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, Colorado. Craig served as Director of Workshops for the 25th Anniversary of Les Rencontres Internationale de la Photographie in Arles, France. Craig was the first recipient of the Susan Carr Educator Prize awarded by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). EDUCATION M.F.A., l975, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Photography/Printmaking, with highest honors. M.A., l972, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, Visual Communications B.A., l969, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, Sociology HONORS Professor Emeritus, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2016 Recipient of first annual Susan Carr Educator of the Year Award, ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) 2013, Photo District News Awards, NYC. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2001 to present Professor Emeritus of Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia 1997-2001 Chair, Department of Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia l988 to 1997 Professor of Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia. 1994 Directeur des Stages (Director of Workshops), Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France l982 to 2005 Director, France Workshop, Fontvieille en Provence, France. l985 to 2005 Director, Image Tours, Savannah, Georgia. 1992 to 1997 Men’s Golf Coach, Savannah College of Art & Design periodically on the faculty of The Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, Maine Anderson Ranch Center for the Arts, Snowmass, Colorado The Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico l975 > l985 Associate Director, Maine Photographic Workshop, Rockport, Maine l973 > l975 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Ohio University l97l > l973 Adjunct Professor, Communications, Fairfield University 1969 > l970 Second Grade teacher, Dixfield Elementary School, Dixfield, Maine GUEST LECTURES Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, Maine Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico Towson State University, Towson, Maryland, 1994 Bunn Lectureship in Photography, Bradley University, l99l Stewart Lecturer, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio l990 Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas, l987 Harvard University, Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, l985 Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, l985 Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, l985 University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, l984 University of Alabama, Birmingham, l984 Colby College, Waterville, Maine, l984 Lagrange College, Lagrange, Georgia, l984 G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, l984 Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, l983 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, l98l Portland School of Art, Portland, Maine, l98l University of Alabama, Birmingham, l98l Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, l979 Tampa Bay Art Center, Tampa, Florida, l979 Colby College, Waterville, Maine l976 Unity College, Unity, Maine, l975 EXHIBITIONS I CHOOSE FILM, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Vermont, 2016 GALLERY ARTISTS: A Group Exhibition, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, Maine, 2013SNAPSHOTS, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, 2013HERE AND THERE, Jonathan Frost Gallery, Rockland, Maine, 2012The View Project, curated by Joyce Tenneson, multiple venues, 2011EDDAS, images of Iceland, Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, 2011EDDAS, images of Iceland, ACA Gallery, Wooodruff Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 L”UNION FAIT LA FORCE, Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, 2010 JOURNEYMAN, Gallery See, Atlanta, Georgia, 2008 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT GROUP SHOW, Alexander Hall, Savannah, Georgia, 2006 AIR, Oglethorpe Row Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, 2004 DIGITAL TRANSITION, Cafe Metropole, Savannah, Georgia, 2002 THE BIG PICTURE SHOW, Savannah College of Art & Design,2002 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT GROUP SHOW, Oglethorpe Row Gallery, 2002 COAST WEEKS, Skidaway Marine Museum, Savannah, Georgia,2001 LANDSCAPE/SEASCAPE, Oglethorpe Row Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, 2001 SHARED VISIONS, Savannah College of Art & Design, 2001 LOW COUNTRY LANDSCAPES, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, 2001 PHOTOGRAPHY IN MAINE, 1950-2000, Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport,Maine,2000 FACULTY EXHIBIT, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, 1999 THE SENSE OF PLACE/THE OUTSIDER’S EYE, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, 1999 THE ERNST HAAS COLLECTION,Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, 1998 FACULTY EXHIBIT, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, 1993 THE POETICS OF SPACE, Les Ateliers de l”Image, St. Remy en Provence, France 1997 THE POETICS OF SPACE, Galerie Lumière, Savannah, Georgia, 1997 THE ALTERNATIVE PROCESS, Barton College, Wilson, North Carolina, 1994 FACULTY EXHIBIT, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, 1993 RECENT WORK, Savannah Country Day School, 1993 FACULTY EXHIBIT, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, 1992 FACULTY EXHIBIT, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, 1991 RECENT WORK, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine, 1991 ROCKPORT—100 YEARS, Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, Maine, 1991 BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, Peoria, Illinois, 1991 SILVER HOUSE STUDIO, Savannah, Georgia, 1991 l5 MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS, Community Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, l990 PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHS, Imagery Gallery, Lancaster, Ohio l990 JAPAN, Maine Photographic Workshops Gallery, Rockport, Maine, l990 FACULTY EXHIBIT, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, l990 IMAGES OF PROVENCE, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, l989 FACULTY EXHIBIT, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, l989 MAINE IMAGES~~l5 YEARS, Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, Maine, l988 FACULTY EXHIBIT, Savannnah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia, l988 THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE, Maine Photographic Workshop Gallery, Rockport, Maine, l988 “NEW ACQUISITIONS”, Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, l988 WORK FROM 2 DECADES, University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, l987 MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHWEST, Midland, Texas, l987 INTIMATE LANDSCAPES, Maine Photographic Workshop Gallery, Rockport, Maine, l987 LAMAR DODD ART CENTER, Lagrange College, Lagrange, Georgia, l986 CREATIVE DISCOVERY, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, l986 FLORA & FAUNA, Maine Photographic Workshop Gallery, Rockport, Maine, l986 MARITIME INVITATIONAL, University of Maine Presque Isle, l985 CRITICS’ INVITATIONAL, “IN OUR OPINION”..., Bath Art Center Gallery, Bath, Maine, l985 “LANDSCAPE”, Portland School of Art, Portland, Maine, l985 ANNUAL JURIED SHOW, Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, Maine l985 GRADUATE PHOTO INVITATIONAL, l948 to l978, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, l984 “MASTERWORK”, Ledel Gallery, New York, New York, l984 RECENT WORK, Governor’s Gallery, State House, Augusta, Maine, l984 RECENT WORK, Maine Photographic Workshop Gallery, l98 LAGRANGE NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Lagrange College, Lagrange, Georgia, l983, purchase award MAINE MARITIME FLATWORK EXHIBITION, University of Maine, Presque Isle, l983, best in show, purchase award RIO GRANDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Rio Grande, Ohio, l983 “NINE PHOTOGRAPHERS”, Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, l982 POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY, New York, New York, l982 LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Lansing, Michigan, l98 KUHN GALLERY, Cape Neddick, Maine, l98l UNITY COLLEGE, Unity, Maine, l98l FOTO GALLERY, New York, New York, l980 SOHO PHOTO GALLERY, New York, New York, l980 NASSAU GALLERY, Princeton, New Jersey, l980 WESTBROOK COLLEGE, Portland, Maine, l980 MYSTIC PHOTO, Mystic Art Association, Mystic, Connecticut, l980 MAINE COAST ARTISTS GALLERY, Rockport, Maine, l979 ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON, Boston, Massachusetts, l980 WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE COLLEGE, Danbury, Conn., l980 COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Waterville, Maine, l980 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE, Portland, Maine, l979 ALL MAINE BIENNIAL,Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, l979 MAINE COAST ARTISTS GALLERY, Rockport, Maine, l979 FOTO GALLERY, New York, New York, l979 “ALUMNI INVITATIONAL”, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, l979 ALASDAIR GALLERY, Kennebunkport, Maine, l979 WESTBROOK COLLEGE, Portland, Maine, l979 INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, New York, New York, l978 FISHER GALLERY, Nantucket, Massachusetts, l978 WEBBER GALLERY, Portland, Maine, l977 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, AUGUSTA, l977 “THE BUS SHOW”, New York, New York, l975 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE, Portland, l975 PORTLAND SCHOOL OF ART, Portland, Maine, l975 MFA THESIS SHOW, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, l975 UTAH STATE INVITATIONAL, l975 STAMFORD MUSEUM OF ART, Stamford, Connecticut, l972 PORTFOLIOS JAPAN, 25TH Anniversary portfolio, archival pigment prints, 2010 JAPAN, l985, a limited edition portfolio of silver prints, self published PLASTIC ZOO, l976, with Ken Ross, Image Ink Press PUBLICATIONS “Convergence”, (2 photographs),Savannah College of Art & Design,2000 “The Poetics of Space,:an interview with Craig Stevens”, Camera Arts magazine, 1998 “The Zone System for Roll Film Users” , Camera Arts Magazine,1996 “Toward a Personal Aesthetic” Photo Instructor No. 16, 1996 “Learning to See”, SLR ANNUAL, Ziff Davis, Spring, l985 “The Paper/Developer Matrix”, SLR ANNUAL, Ziff Davis, Spring, l984 “Zoned for Development”, technical review of Ansel Adams’ New Photo Series, CAMERA ARTS, l983 “Fine Tuning Developers”, UNICOLOR FACTS, l982 THE MAINE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKBOOK, technical textbook, l98l “The Wider View”, essay, CAMERA ARTS, Nov.~Dec., l980 “Creative Block”, photograph, POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY, June, l980 “Widelux Portfolios”, POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY, Fall, l979 COLLECTIONS HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, ATLANTA, GEORGIA SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA FONDATION VINCENT VAN GOGH, ARLES, FRANCE BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, PEORIA, ILLINOIS MUSEUM OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY CALVIN COLLEGE, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN BAKER UNIVERSITY, BALDWIN CITY, KANSAS CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, TUCSON, ARIZONA BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE, PARIS, FRANCE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D.C. PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA LAMAR DODD ART CENTER, LAGRANGE, GEORGIA UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, PRESQUE ISLE UNICOLOR CORPORATION, DEXTER, MICHIGAN SOHO PHOTO COOPERATIVE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK WESTERN CONECTICUT STATE COLLEGE, DANBURY UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE, PORTLAND, MAINE PORTLAND SCHOOL OF ART, PORTLAND, MAINE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, AUGUSTA MAINE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP, ROCKPORT, MAINE NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS GRANTS PRESIDENTIAL GRANT, SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, SUMMER,2006 UNICOLOR CORPORATION ARTIST’S SUPPORT GRANT, l98l CITY SPIRIT GRANT, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, l977 APPOINTMENTS NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ADVISORS, Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, Maine 2007 to present WHO’S WHO AMONG AMERICA’S TEACHERS 1996 INTERNATIONAL NOMINATING COMMITTEE, 1994 Infinity Awards, International Center of Photography, New York 1994 ADVISORY PANELIST, Maine State Commission on the Arts, l982 to l986