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I am at a dynamic and vibrant point in my photographic career – a nexus formed from the cumulative and varied experiences of the past few decades. It is a time to summon my creative intuition, interpersonal skills, and seasoned perspectives to foster new work that has meaning, substance, and relevance. My work spans documentary, fine art, and commissioned projects. A passionate curiosity about people, cultures, technology, and the environment continues to be a guiding force in my photography and life. I strive for well-executed productions paired with an approach that encourages collaboration and remains open to unexpected opportunities. Increasingly, I seek projects that provide the occasion to study a subject in depth. This might be realized by documenting the evolution of a subject over a period of years or by recording the intensity of a single day. Within a diverse range of photographic interests, I continue to broaden my look at issues of sustainability with a special focus on renewable energy development and water.
BACKGROUND
Principal photographer, Jamey Stillings Photography, Inc., 1983 to present
MFA in Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, 1982
Thesis: “Nicaragua, a Society in Transition”
BA in Art, Magna cum laude, Willamette University, Salem, OR, 1978
MONOGRAPHS
ATACAMA: Renewable Energy and Mining in the High Desert of Chile, Steidl, 2023
The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar, Steidl, 2015
The Bridge at Hoover Dam, Nazraeli Press, 2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
KOLGA Tbilisi Photo 2023, Group Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2023
COAL + ICE, Group Exhibition, “Changing Perspectives and the Shifting Human Landscape,” co-curated by Susan Meiselas and Jeroen de Vries, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, 2022
Pingyao International Photography Festival 2021, "Orphan Aerials," Solo Exhibition, Pingyao, China, 2021
Busan International Photo Festival 2021, “ANTHROPOCENE,” Busan, South Korea, 2021
Museum of Art and History, “Golden Hour: California Photography from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,” Group Exhibition, Lancaster, CA, 2021
Springs Preserve, “The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar,” Las Vegas, NV, 2019
Photoville's The FENCE, "Changing Perspectives: Chile," Outdoor Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Boston, Calgary, Seattle, Denver, Houston, Sarasota, 2019
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, “Natural Persuasion,” Denver, CO, 2018
COAL + ICE, Group Exhibition, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, San Francisco, CA, 2018
Stephen Bulger Gallery, “Land Use,” Group Exhibition, Toronto, Canada, 2018
Festival de la Luz, “Changing Perspectives: Renewable Energy & the Shifting Human Landscape,” Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018
The Center for Fine Art Photography, “Landscapes 2018,” Group Exhibition, Ft. Collins, CO, 2018
Head On Photo Festival, “Changing Perspectives: Renewable Energy and the Shifting Human Landscape,” Solo Exhibition, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia, 2018
The Annenberg Space for Photography, “NOT AN OSTRICH and Other Images from America’s Library,” Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
Pingyao International Photography Festival 2017, “CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: Renewable Energy and Infrastructure,” Solo Exhibition, Pingyao, China, 2017
Klompching Gallery, “2017 FRESH Annual Summer Show,” Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY, 2017
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, “50 Treasures 50 Years,” Group Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV, 2017 - 2018
Somerset House, "Grow-Conserve, The Syngenta Photography Award Exhibition," Group Exhibition, London, England, 2017
photo-eye Gallery, "Local Eight: Works by New Mexico Artists," Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, February - April 2017
C40 Cities, 2016 Mayor’s Summit, Mexico City, November – January 2017
Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, “Jamey Stillings: The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar,” Beaumont, TX, September – November 2016
Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, "Wonders of the World," Group Exhibition, Germany, 2016
Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival, "The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar," Kobe, Japan, 2016
Festival of Industrial Photography, Group Exhibition, Shenyang Industry Museum, Shenyang, China, 2016
Photoville's The FENCE, Outdoor Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Houston, Santa Fe, 2016
FotoFest 2016 Biennial CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, Group Exhibition, Houston, TX, 2016
UN Climate Change Legacy Exhibition, Group Exhibition, curated by the Lucie Foundation, COP21, Paris, 2015
Lianzhou Foto Festival 2015, "The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar," Solo Exhibition, Lianzhou, China, 2015
Verve Gallery of Photography, "Cause & Effect," Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, 2015
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Honorable Mention, "Black & White," Group Exhibition curated by Roy L. Flukinger, Fort Collins, CO, 2015
PhotoPlace Gallery, "Windows, Mirrors and Doors," Group Exhibition curated by Seth Curio, Middlebury, VT, 2015
Somerset House, "Scarcity-Waste, The Syngenta Photography Award Exhibition," Group Exhibition, London, England, 2015
Etherton Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Tucson, AZ, Winter 2014 - Spring 2015
PhotoVisa, "The Bridge at Hoover Dam," Krasnodar, Russia, 2014
The Center for Fine Art Photography, "The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar," Solo Exhibition, Fort Collins, CO, 2014
Festival de la Luz, "The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar," Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014
PhotoPlace Gallery, "The Human-Altered Landscape," Group Exhibition curated by Russell Lord, Middlebury, VT, 2014
Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2014, Group Traveling Exhibition, Royal Geographical Society, London, 2014
Marion Center for Photographic Arts, "Road to Nowhere: Southwest Sojourns," Center Alumni Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, 2014
Houston Center for Photography, Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition, Houston, TX, 2014
Corden|Potts Gallery, Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Oceanside Museum of Art, "Contemporary Landscape Photography: An International Perspective," Group Exhibition, Oceanside, CA, November 2013 - February 2014
Santa Fe University of Art & Design, "In/Visible Borders," Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, 2013
ColomboAmericano, ZOOMLAB 2013, "alfabetizacion a traves de la Fotograffia", Group Exhibition, Medellin, Colombia, 2013
Southeast Museum of Photography, Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition, Daytona Beach, FL, 2013
Houston Center for Photography, Group Exhibition curated by Lisa Sutcliffe, Houston, TX, 2013
Noorderlicht, "Extraordinary," Group Exhibition, Drenthe, The Netherlands, 2013
The Center for Fine Art Photography, "Black & White 2013," Group Exhibition curated by Elizabeth Corden and Jan Potts, 2013
Somerset House, Positive View Foundation, "Landmark: The Fields of Photography," Group Exhibition curated by William Ewing, London, 2013
PhotoPlace Gallery, "Photography and Environmental Concern," Group Exhibition curated by Katherine Ware, Middlebury, VT, 2013
wall space Gallery, "New Directions 2013, Beautiful My Desire", Group Exhibition curated by Ann Jastrab, Santa Barbara & Seattle, 2013
photo-eye Gallery, "Solar," Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, 2012
Houston Center for Photography, Juried Group Exhibition, Houston, TX, 2012
San Diego Art Institute, "The Art of Photography Show," Group Exhibition curated by Julien Cox, 2012
Center for Contemporary Art, “Dust in the Machine”, Group Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, 2012
Blue Sky Gallery, "The Bridge at Hoover Dam," 2012
Phoenix Art Museum, "The Bridge at Hoover Dam," 2011
Museum of Contemporary Photography, "Public Works," Group Exhibit, Chicago, IL, 2011
photo-eye Gallery, "The Bridge at Hoover Dam," Santa Fe, NM, 2011
Photographic Center NW, "Across the Divide: Critical Mass 2011," Group Show, Seattle WA, 2011
Center for Creative Photography, "Face to Face: 150 Years of Portrait Photography," 2010
Etherton Gallery, "Con-struct: The New West," with Michael Berman and Martin Stupich, Tucson, AZ, 2010
Springs Preserve, "The Bridge at Hoover Dam," Las Vegas, NV, 2010
Newspace Center for Photography, "The Curve," Group Show, Portland, OR, 2010
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Group Show, September 2010
Prints acquired for MFAH Collection, 2010
The Annenberg Space for Photography, International Slideshow, LA, CA, 2010
photo-eye Gallery, The Bridge at Hoover Dam, Santa Fe, NM, 2009
Scheinbaum and Russek, Group Show, Santa Fe, NM, 2009
COLLECTIONS
United States Library of Congress
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Nevada Museum of Art Center for Art + Environment Archive Collection,
Jamey Stillings: Infrastructure and Landscape
UNLV University Libraries Special Collections & Archives
Stanford Libraries Special Collections & University Archives
University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography
Middlebury College Museum of Art
Gregg Museum of Art + Design, North Carolina University
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS
Changing Perspectives: Renewable Energy and the Shifting Human Landscape, presentation to 31st Union gaming and entertainment studio, 2023
Changing Perspectives: The Synergy of Science and Art, SolarPACES global conference, 2022
Changing Perspectives (video presentation), TED Countdown Summit, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2021
Keynote speech for gridCONNEXT 2020 national virtual conference – "Changing Perspectives: Utility Scale Renewables and the Shifting Human Landscape," 2020
Nobechi Creative – Evenings with the Masters, “Changing Perspectives – Creating Projects out of Thin Air!” 2020
Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia, "Changing Perspectives: Renewable Energy and the Shifting Human Landscape," 2018
National Clean Energy Summit, Las Vegas, NV, “Changing Perspectives: Envisioning Renewable Energy,” 2017
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, presentation, Wish You Were Were Here Lecture series, November 2017
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, presentation, “Visualizing Renewable Energy,” October 2017
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madision, presentation, March 2017
Marfa Dialogues/Houston, FotoFest 2016 Biennial, panel speaker, "Imaging Futures," 2016
53rd SPE National Conference presenter, “Constructed Realities,"
Las Vegas, March 2016
AIGA New Mexico & ASMP New Mexico Hire Ed Portfolio Review, Keynote Speaker, 2016
TEDxABQ speaker, September 2014
ZoomLab 2013, Medellín, Colombia, Workshop Instructor and Lecturer, 2013
Anderson Ranch, Workshop Instructor, 2012
Phoenix Art Museum, Circles Presentation, January 2011
The Personal Portrait, Santa Fe Workshops, Instructor, 2010
Photo Salon, photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2009
Photographers’ Forum, Schatz/Ornstein Studio, New York, NY, 2009
Modern Art Museum of Serralves, “North of Portugal – Contemporary Visions, Four Artists,” Porto, Portugal, 2008
Marion Center Photo Salon, College of Santa Fe, 2007
Location Lighting in the Digital Age, 2007, Santa Fe Workshops, Instructor
The Portrait: Lighting on Location, 2005-06, Santa Fe Workshops, Instructor
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, 2018
APA Awards 2017, Photojournalism and Editorial International
Photographer of the Year, First Place, Editorial: Environmental 2016
International Photography Awards 2016, Professional: Book Photographer of the Year, and Professional: Book, Monograph, First Place
APA Awards 2016, First Place, Documentary/Editorial
Photolucida 2016, Critical Mass TOP 50
The Photo Review 2016 Competition, First Prize
PDN Photo Annual, Photo Books, 2016
Photo Independent's 2016 Photobook Awards, Best in Show, 2016
Little, Myles. TIME's Best Photobooks of 2015, November 2015
The 16 Best Photobooks of 2015, Humble Arts Foundation, December 2015
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, 2015
The Epson Creativity Award 2015
Best of ASMP 2014, Featured Photographer
APA Awards 2014, First Place, Fine Art - Personal
International Photography Award, 2nd Place, Editorial: Environmental, Pro 2014
Kontinent Awards 2014, Third Place, Editorial/Documentary Projects
Recipient of the Eliot Porter Grant 2013, New Mexico Council on Photography
Communication Arts Photography Annual, 2012 & 2013
Photolucida, 2013 Critical Mass Solo Exhibition Award
International Photography Award, 1st Place, Editorial: Environmental, Pro 2013
Prix Pictet 2012 & 2013, Nominee
Photolucida 2012 & 2013 Critical Mass Finalist and Top 50
CENTER Director's Choice Award, First Place, 2010
CENTER Curator's Choice Award, Honorable Mention, 2010
Photolucida Critical Mass Book Award Finalist and Top 50, 2010
International Photography Award, 2nd Place, Architecture: Bridges, Pro 2010
Best of ASMP 2010
American Photography 26 annual, 2010
Communication Arts Photography and Design Annuals, Multiple years
Graphis Photo and Advertising Annuals, Multiple years
PDN Photo Annual, PIX Digital, Self-Promotion, Multiple years
AltPick Photography Awards, Multiple years
Honickman First Book Prize in Photography, semi-finalist, 2002
“Retracing Footsteps: Nicaragua 1981 and 2001”
Communication Arts, Featured Photographer, September/October 2002
The Center for Photographic Projects, Nicaragua, Featured Project, 2002
PDN Feature, 1995
FILM FESTIVALS
Ennesimo Film Festival, screening of multimedia video "Changing Perspectives: The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar," Rome, Italy, 2020
Milano Design Film Festival, screening of multimedia video "Changing Perspectives: The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar," Milan, Italy, 2019
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
fotoMAGAZIN, "Perspektiv-Wechsel," May 2023
Kamp Solutions, “Clean,” Issue number 8, Winter 2022
Surveying the Anthropocene: Environment and Photography Now,
Edited by Patricia Macdonald, 2022
BETA developments in photography, “Atacama: Renewable energy and Mining in the High Desert of Chile,” Issue number 40, July 2021
Sonnenallee, “Changing Perspectives,” March 2021
Photoworld Magazine China, “Jamey Stillings: Documenting Renewable Energy from the Air,” June 2020
Newsweek Japan, “Picture Power,” February 2020
ZOOM, Collecting Photography #256, "Jamey Stillings," 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek, “The Renewable Desert,” August 2018
Baumeister, “Architektur und Sonne - Schreckgespenst Solartechnik,” July 2018
Blauwe Kamer, “Energie is een ontwerpopgave,” September 2017
Newsweek Japan, “Picture Power,” August 2017
Bloomberg, “Japan’s Renewable-Energy Revolution,” July 2017
DUMBO Feather, Conservation and Climate Change Issue, Fall 2017
National Geographic, "The Art of Solar Energy," June 2016
WIRED Italia, "Riflessi Solari," Italy, Spring 2016
Mother Jones, "Stunning Photos of California's Alternative-Energy Fields," March 2016
Der Spiegel, "Bildbände: Wüstensonnwende," February 2016
Du Magazin, "The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar," February 2016
Architectures à vivre, "The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar," February 2016
New Republic, "The Beauty of the World’s Largest Solar Project," December 4, 2015
National Geographic, "A Blueprint for a Carbon-Free America," November 2015
Macleans, "Photo essay: Capturing what Captures the Sun," November 17, 2015
New Republic, "The Plan to Save the World," October 27, 2015
TIME Magazine, "A Burst of Energy," March 9, 2015
LensWork Extended, "Bridge at Hoover Dam," September/October 2014
CSP Today, "CSP Documented in Art - Energy in the American West,” July 25, 2014
Landmark: The Fields of Photography, by William Ewing, Thames & Hudson, September 2014
Cowboys & Indians magazine, "How the West was Irrigated," May/June 2014
New York Times Magazine blog, "350,000 Ways to Harness Energy from the Sun," February 2014
PBS KNME Colores!, artist interview about The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar, broadcast January 2014
SHUTR fotomagazine, "Dramatiek van een brug," November 2013
TIME Magazine, "Powersurge," October 2013
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, "Foto-Tableau, Energie aus der Wüste," October 21-25, 2013
Sentinidos Comunes, "Otra mirada: la evolución de Ivanpah Solar," October 15, 2013
TIME Magazine, Lightbox, "The Ivanpah Solar Project: Generating Energy Through Fields of Mirrors," September 2013
Communication Arts photo annual 2013
New Scientist, "Aperture: Reflect on This," June 6, 2013
B&W Magazine, "American Connection: Jamey Stillings," May 2013
Le Monde, "La Chimére du 100% Renouvelable," April 2013
Orion Magazine, photo with "A Moral Atmosphere," by Bill McKibben, March/April 2013
NPR, The Picture Show, "Under Construction: The World's Largest Thermal Solar Plant," January 9, 2013
Newsweek Japan, "Picture Power: The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar," December 2012
Neue Energie, "Bild des Monats," December 2012
Wired RAW FILE, November 14, 2012
The New York Times Magazine, "A Bet on the Sun," June 17, 2012
LA Times Magazine, "High and Almighty," May 1, 2011
Newsweek Japan, "Picture Power: The Bridge at Hoover Dam," May 2011
Smithsonian Magazine, "A Breathtaking New Bridge," December 2010
Vegas Seven, "Immortal Images," November 25, 2010
Sunset Magazine, "The West's New Icon," October 2010
Arizona Highways, "Bridging the Gap," September 2010
Invention & Technology, "Michael O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge," Summer 2010
American Heritage, "Hoover Dam Turns 75," Summer 2010
Trend Magazine, “A Bridge Over the River Colorado,” Spring/Summer 2010
Vegas Seven, “A Dam Good Show,” April 2010
NPR The Picture Show, “Photographing the Newest Man-Made Marvel,” 2010
Fraction Magazine, March 2010
Elizabeth Avedon Blogspot, March 2010
Lenscratch Blogspot, February 2010
The New York Times Magazine, "Bridge to Somewhere," June 2009
Pasatiempo, SF New Mexican, "Concrete Delicacy," November 2009
VSD Magazine, France, 2009 Le Figaro Magazine, 2009
Rangefinder Magazine, 2009
North of Portugal – Contemporary Visions, Four Photographers,
2008
America 24-7, 2003
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