Byron Baldwin
Education: B.A. Degree, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1966 majors in History and Political Science.
M.A. Degree, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, June 1972, major in Photography.
Work
Experience: U.S. Navy, Engineering Officer/Executive Officer, USS Fearless (MSO 442) 1967-1970.
Freelance Photography, 1971-present.
President of STAINOUT INC. 1986-2000
Teaching
Experience: Myers Park High School, Charlotte, N.C., Photography Instructor 1972-2002
Queens College, Charlotte, N.C. Photography Instructor 1980-83.
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte,various courses. 1982-1999.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Photography Instructor 1975-80. 95-96.
The Light Factory, Charlotte, N.C. various courses and workshops 1974-1999.
Sacred Heart College, Belmont, N.C. Photography Instructor, 1980-82.
Organizations: The Light Factory, A Photographic Arts Organization, founding member 1973, Exhibitions Chairman, 1974-75,
Program Director, 1975-76. Coordinator, 1976-77. Board member 1985-1990, President of the Board, 1988-89.
Society for Photographic Education 1975-present.
Selected
Exhibitions: Queens College, One Man Show, March 1975.
Winthrop College, One Man Show, November 1976.
Gibbs Art Gallery, Charleston, S.C. One Man Show 1979.
Forty Second Annual Photography and Print Competition, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,Winston-Salem, N.C. 1975.
The Southern Ethic, traveling show, NEXUS Inc. Atlanta,Ga. 1975.
Latent Image III, Duke University. Durham, N.C.
Ten North Carolina Photographers, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Greenville County Museum of Art, Juried Photography Competition. Greenville, S.C.
The Mint Museum of Art, Three Person Show,Charlotte, N.C. June 1979.
American Vision, National Artist Alliance, New York University, October 1980.
Southern Visions, York County S.C. Museum, 1986-87-88-89-92, best in show 88, 1st B&W 89, 2nd Place B&W 92, Traveling Show
Diana Monde, The Light Factory, Charlotte, N.C.
Southeast Spectrum, Associated Artist of Winston-Salem, N.C. 1987.
The Psychological Landscape, Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, N.C. 1988.
Architecture,Evidence / Reflection, Three Person Show, The Light Factory, Sept. 1990.
Come Shining, Poet’s Theatre December 5-7 1997, New York, New York.
“The 521 All-Stars”, The Museum of the New South, May 1999, Charlotte, NC
“The 521 All-Stars”,Fine Arts Center of Camden, SC, October 1999.
"The 521 All-Stars” The State Museum of South Carolina, Columbia, SC , April 7-July 5, 2000.
“The 521 All-Stars”, Avery Research Cemter,Charleston, SC, July 13- October 16, 2000.
“Charlotte Artist”, The Fayetteville Museum of Art Fayetteville, NC November 2000- January 2001.
Byron Baldwin-The First Thirty Years, The Light Factory, Charlotte December 2002.
Paris, The Hodges Taylor Gallery, March 2006.
Publications: Southern Exposure, Fall, 1975.
Latent Image III, Duke University Press, 1976.
Latent Image V, Duke University Press, 1978.
American Photographer, March 1982.
Between Twelve and Twenty, The Loomis Institute, 1982
Artvu ,October 1992
The 521 All-Stars, Black Belt Press, April 1999.
Elysian Fields Quarterly, April 1999.
Shots, Dec. 1988, October 1989.
Grants: South Carolina Humanities Council Grant, November 1999.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Arts & Sciences Project Grant, April, 1999.
Work in
Collections of: Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C.
First Union National Bank, Charlotte, N.C.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C.
R.J. Reynolds Corp., Winston Salem, N.C.
The Tom Ray Center, Charlotte, N.C.
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Cullowhee, N.C.
The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CN.
Museum of the New South, Charlotte NC
CBS News, New York, NY
The National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
The Library of Congrerss, Washington, DC
The State Museum of South Carolina
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, NM
Numerous private collections
Awards: The Light Factory Photo Educator Award, 1986.
Lois E. Vinette Photography Teacher Award, from
Scholastic Art Awards, New York, New York. 1992.
Harris Teacher of the Year finalist 1997.
Honored Educator Award, Society for Photographic Education, 2006.
Panels: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council
Arts in Education grants panel. 1993-95.
National Advisory Panel for Kodak Scholastic Awards, 1986-1989.
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