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Sandra-Lee Phipps is a passionate fine art photographer, documentarian, and educator. Ms. Phipps is a full-time faculty member and Professor of Photography at Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta,Georgia and is represented in the southeast by Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta,Georgia.
Sandra Lee Phipps worked extensively for the Village Voice Newspaper in the 1990’s-shooting the street-style column “On the Street” and the columns “Money” and “Shelter” -as well as many demonstrations specifically related to women’s rights. Phipps holds a B.A. in Journalism from The University of Georgia, Athens,Georgia and a Master’s of Art in Studio Arts degree from New York University.
Ms. Phipps free-lanced extensively for The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Vanity Fair, The Sun Magazine, and the Washington Post Magazine.Her work is held in numerous private collections worldwide-most recently the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame acquired an archive collection of her photographs of the band R.E.M. She currently resides in Decatur,Georgia with her family.
Education
1997 MA New York University/International Center for Photography, NYC
1988 Summer Study with Lee Friedlander, New York University/International Center for Photography, NYC
1983 BA Communication Arts Journalism/Photography, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Professional experience
2008-pres
Faculty, Photography Department, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, Georgia
2002-2005
MFA Mentor, Photography Department, Rockport College, Rockport, Maine
2002
Workshop Instructor, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine
2001-2004
Adjunct Professor, Rockport College, Rockport, Maine
1998-2000
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art/Art in Media, New York University, New York City
Professional Affiliations
College Art Association
Society Photographic Education
NPPA
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Safe, whitespace, Atlanta, Georgia
2007
Around The Sun, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, Georgia
2006
From The Backyard, Village Books & Prints, Washington, Maine
From The Backyard, 20 Maples, Rockport, Maine
1994
The Nervous Landscape: A Visual Traveloque, Ken Taranto Gallery, NYC, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Whitespace Gallery, Lessons in Survival, Exhibition and Performance, Atlanta, GA
Howl Gallery, East Village NYC, Photographers of the Village Voice Group Show, NY, NY
RIT – Rochester Institute of Technology, Harris Gallery, “Whose Street, Our Streets: Protest Photography 1980-2000,” Rochester, NY
2017
Bronx Documentary Center, “Whose Street, Our Streets: Protest Photography 1980-2000,” NY, NY
2016
Whitespace Gallery, The December Show, Atlanta, GA
2015
Hartsfield International Airport, Juried Exhibition, Public Atrium, Atlanta, GA
2014
Art Papers, 14th Annual Art Auction Invitational Exhibit, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2013
Miami Art Basel, Aqua Art Fair, whitespace gallery booth, Miami, FL
SCAD Museum of Art Exhibition, “girl,” Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center “fallen fruit,” Atlanta, GA
2012
Open Studio Exhibit, SCAD, Atlanta, Georgia
Art Papers Auction, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011
Open Studio Exhibit, SCAD, Atlanta, Georgia
Women’s Caucus Exhibition, SPE Conference Trois Gallery, Juror: Deb Willis, SCAD, Atlanta, Georgia
Art Papers Auction, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2010
Post-Her, Jackson Fine Art Westside Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Grounded, Society For Photographic Education Conference, Tallahassee, Florida
A Natural Eye, Gardenhood, Atlanta, Georgia
2009
Picturing Home Juried Photography Exhibition, Jurors: Julian Cox and Jason Francisco Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Open Studio Exhibit, SCAD, Atlanta, Georgia
SCAD Photography Department, Juried Show, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, Georgia
Just Look at Yourself, Juried Show, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2008
Open Studio Exhibit, SCAD, Atlanta, Georgia
R.E.M. Photographic Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
2007
Up Close, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2006
Invitational Auction Exhibition, Bakery Photo Collective, Portland, Maine
2005
Headspinning: Inspiration from the Canvas to the Album Cover, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia
2004
Invitational Auction Exhibition, Bakery Photo Collective, Portland, Maine
Revealing the Obscure, Online exhibition, Juror: Barbara Ess, PostPicasso.com
2000
Faculty Show, Union Hall Gallery, Rockport College, Rockport, Maine
1998
Construction/Deconstruction: Reconstructing the Human Body, Here Performance Space & Gallery, NYC
1997
The Ascent of Western Civilization: American Independents 1976-91, Thread Waxing Space, NYC
80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, NYC
1996
The Society of Publications Designer’s Auction, Art Director’s Club of New York, NYC
Triple XXX Fruit, Single channel video projection “The Pregnant Lady: My Secret Business,” The Drawing Center, NYC
Reviews and Press
EMI Records, R.E.M. “Document” CD Re-release, 2012
Reader’s Digest, “Happiness,” online gallery, 2012
Atlanta Magazine, various assignments, 2012
The Sun Magazine, Photographic Contributor, 2010
The Sun Magazine, “Here is Not Merely Here,” photo gallery, 2007
“Five Flights Up and Other New York Stories,” Princeton Architectural Press, by Toni Schlesinger, 2006
“National Geographic: The Ultimate Field Guide to Photography,” National Geographic Society, 2006
“When She Was Bad: Violent Women & The Myth of Innocence,” by Patricia Peason, 1997
“A Celebration of Women, an illustrated anthology of the Women’s Movement,” by Louise Bernikow, 1997
“XX-Fruit-An Art Journal,” edited by Anne-Christine D’Adesky, 1996
“Time Capsule: A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists,” Creative Time Inc., edited by Robin Kahn, 1995
Artculture.com, a publication and online encyclopedia of contemporary culture, 1995