Shane Lavalette
| Shane Lavalette | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987 (age 36–37) Burlington, Vermont, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Photographer, Artist, Publisher |
| Website | www |
Shane Lavalette (born 1987 in Burlington, Vermont) is an American photographer.
Education and career
Shane Lavalette studied photography at Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he received a BFA in 2009.[1]
In 2010, Lavalette was commissioned by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta to contribute to their Picturing the South series,[2] His work was exhibited there in 2012 and received media coverage from CNN,[3] TIME,[4] NPR,[5] and The New York Times.[6]
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.[7] At Light Work, Lavalette oversees the organization's Artist-in-Residence Program, exhibitions, and publication of Contact Sheet, a photography journal.[8]
Awards
- Yousuf Karsh Prize in Photography (second prize), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2009[9]
- Focus Award: Rising Star, Griffin Museum of Photography, 2013[10]
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- American photographers
- American artists
- People from Burlington, Vermont
- People from Syracuse, New York
- Tufts University alumni
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston alumni
