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Sandra-Lee Phipps

Photography professor

Education

  • M.A., studio arts, New York University
  • B.A., telecommunication arts, University of Georgia

Credentials

Teaching

  • Professor, photography, 2008–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • M.F.A. mentor, photography, 2002–2005
    Adjunct professor, photography, 2001–2004, Rockport College, Rockport, ME
  • Instructor, photojournalism, 2002, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
  • Adjunct professor, digital art, 1998–2000, New York University, New York

Professional

  • Photographer, 2014–present, "End of Life"
  • Principal creative, photographic and multimedia content production, 2001–present, Artcamp LLC
  • Contract photographer, 2001–present, Getty Images
  • Contributing editorial photographer, 1997–2000, The Village Voice
  • Editorial photographer/artist videographer, 1989–present
    • The New York Times
    • New York Magazine
    • Harper's Bazaar
    • Interview
    • Vanity Fair
    • Reader's Digest
    • Organic Style
    • The Face Magazine
  • Independent film director/producer, 1990–present
    • Plus One
    • Speeding Motorcycle
    • Sugar
    • Magnapop
  • Assistant, 1987–1989, Page/MacGill, New York
  • Artistic and publicity direction, 1983–1987, R.E.M. Athens, LTD., Athens, GA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Savannah College of Art and Design, Presidential Fellowship, 2014
  • Savannah College of Art and Design, Presidential Fellowship, 2011

Organizations

  • College Art Association
  • Society Photographic Education
  • NPPA

Publications and presentations

Solo exhibitions

  • Safe, Whitespaces Gallery, Atlanta, May 2013
  • Around the Sun, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, June 2007
  • From the Backyard, Village Books & Prints, Washington, Maine, August 2006
  • From the Backyard, 20 Maples, Rockport, Maine, December 2006
  • The Nervous Landscape: A Visual Travelogue, Ken Taranto Gallery, New York, January 1994

Group exhibitions

  • Whose Streets, Our Streets: Protest Photography, 1980-2000, Bronx Documentary Center, January 2017
  • December show, Whitespace Gallery, December 2016
  • Juried exhibition, Hartsfield International Airport, Public Atrium, Atlanta, September 2015
  • I'll Be Your Mirror, Art Rox Athens Foundation, August 2015
  • Arts Papers 15th Annual Art Auction Invitational Exhibit, BoBo Intriguing Objects, Atlanta, February 2015
  • ARTifacts Rock Athens: Relics from the Athens Music Scene 1975–1985, University of Georgia, Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library, Athens, Ga., May 2014
  • Between Rock and an Art Place, University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Ga., May 2014
  • Paper Covers Rock, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Ga., May 2014
  • Arts Papers 14th Annual Art Auction Invitational Exhibit, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, February 2014
  • Miami Basel, Aqua Art Fair, Whitespace Gallery Booth, Miami, December 2013
  • Girl, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Ga., December 2013
  • Fallen Fruit, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, October 2013
  • Open Studio Exhibit, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, November 2012
  • Arts Papers 12th Annual Art Auction Invitational Exhibit, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, February 2012
  • Open Studio Exhibit, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, November 2011
  • Women's Caucus Exhibition, SPE Conference Trois Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, March 2011
  • Arts Papers 11th Annual Art Auction Invitational Exhibit, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, February 2011
  • Post-Her, Jackson Fine Art Westside Gallery, Atlanta, October 2010
  • Grounded, Society for Photographic Education Conference, Tallahassee, Fla., October 2010
  • A Natural Eye, Gardenhood, Atlanta, October 2010
  • Picturing Home, juried photography exhibition, Emory Visual Arts Gallery, December 2009
  • Open Studio exhibit, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, November 2009
  • SCAD photography department, juried show, Atlantic Station, Atlanta, October 2009
  • Just Look at Yourself, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine, August 2009
  • Open studio exhibit, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, November 2008
  • R.E.M. Photographic Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, March 2008