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Acclaimed photographer
Thomas Roma, a professor and director of photography at Columbia
University, will present an overview of his work at MCCC on Thursday,
Feb. 1 at 12 noon. His presentation is free to the public as part
of Mercer's Distinguished Lecture Series. It will be held on the
college's West
Windsor campus in the Communications Building, CM109, 1200 Old
Trenton Road.
Twice the recipient
of Guggenheim Fellowships, Roma's work has appeared in one-person
and group exhibitions internationally, including one-person shows
with accompanying books at the Museum of Modern Art and the International
Center of Photography (NY). He has photographed extensively in his
native Brooklyn, capturing scenes from churches, subways, and everyday
life. His latest publication, In Prison Air, The Cells of Holmesburg
Prison (2005), with an introduction by John Szarkowski, was
released last year by Powerhouse Books, Inc. His monographs include:
Found in Brooklyn, with an introduction by Dr. Robert Coles
(1996); Come Sunday, with an introduction by Henry Louis
Gates, Jr. (1996); Sunset Park (1998), Higher Ground,
with an introduction by Ian Frazier (1999); Enduring Justice,
with an introduction by Norman Mailer (2001); Show & Tell
(2002); Sanctuary (2002); and Sicilian Passage
(2003).
In addition
to Columbia University's School for the Arts, Roma has also taught
photography at Yale, Fordham, Cooper Union, and The School of Visual
Arts. His work is featured in numerous collections, including The
Museum of Modern Art (NY), The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
and The Canadian Center for Architecture (Montreal). He is a founding
contributing photographer for "DoubleTake" Magazine. Mr.
Roma lives in Brooklyn with his wife Anna and their son Giancarlo.
For more information
on this or other lectures, call 609-570-3324 or email burgessw@mccc.edu.
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