Past Exhibitions
With a 40 year history, the Southeast Museum of Photography has hosted and curated hundreds of exhibitions. The following list provides a brief overview of highlights from our exhibition history.
TAKING NOTE
Located at the Atlantic Center for the Arts
On Display December 5, 2023 - February 3, 2024
The Southeast Museum of Photography, in partnership with Atlantic Center for the Arts, is presenting Taking Note, an exhibition of photographic works paired with written reflections and ephemera by renowned photojournalist Colin Finlay. Taking Note features more than 30 photographs of musicians, including Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriters and producers.
On exhibit Fall 2023 - Winter 2024. Photo by Colin Finlay.
THE ART of STand-Up
Andy Hollingworth
June 30 - November 11, 2023
Reception: October 24, 2023
The Art of Stand-Up is a solo exhibition featuring the work of British photographer Andy Hollingworth, renowned for his portraits of comic entertainers. Hollingworth has attained critical acclaim and success in the UK, having spent almost three decades creating distinctive and engaging imagery of famous comedians, documenting their careers and iconic personas for audiences around the world. This comprehensive exhibition features over one hundred images, from intimate portraits on location to collaborative studio sessions, as well as candid moments backstage or those captured with precision during comedy shows and performances.
On exhibit Fall 2023. Photo by Andy Hollingworth.
THRESHOLD: RECONTEXTUALIZING SELF-PORTRAITURE
January 27 - May 27, 2023
Threshold: Recontextualizing Self-Portraiture aims to bring attention to the medium of self-portraiture through the act of taking back the narrative of one's own story. Artists including Jon Wes, Lorena Molina, Adama Delphine Fawundu, and many more explore themes of race, class, sexuality, and the body, allowing this exhibition to be a platform for artists to speak about their experiences on their own terms.
Curated by Jillian Marie Browning, an Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
On exhibit Spring 2023. Photo by Tommy Kha.
URBAN SPACES
Casements Camera Club
April 13 - May 27, 2023
Urban Spaces attempts to capture the character of our city and others nearby through the expert use of lighting, framing and other photographic techniques. The 33 images on display were taken by members of the Casements Camera Club, a local organization that promotes the enjoyment of photography through a series of competitions, workshops and group outings. The club boasts a wide range of experience–from amateur to professional–and the photographs presented to the public here showcase the individual eye as well as the collective vision of the club. Some of the photographs are notable for their simplicity, others for their intricate details.
On exhibit Spring 2023. Photo by Ans van Beek Torkington.
CONVERGENCE: photographs by bill mcsherry
February 8 - April 12, 2023
Convergence features 41 photographs taken in historic locales around Florida–ranging from Cocoa Beach to Jacksonville on the East Coast and Tampa on the West Coast–to a limited number of out-of-state views from Georgia, South Carolina and Pennsylvania. Showcasing an array of photographs taken over a period of ten years, his images are notable for their exceptional quality and varied approach: the depiction of bold architectural details and scenes gives way to abstraction and graphic minimalism.
On exhibit Spring 2023. Photo by Bill McSherry.
RE:VISIONS
november 17, 2022 - February 4, 2023
In partnership with the Atlantic Center for the Arts, this exhibition features a selection of works by visual artist Andrew Sovjani, known for blurring the boundaries between photography, printmaking and painting. By concentrating on seemingly mundane objects–such as books and paper–Sovjani forces us to re-examine our relationship to them, altering their significance and our understanding in the process.
On exhibit Fall 2022. Photo by Andrew Sovjani.
DAYS OF PUNK
August 30 - December 17, 2022
The Southeast Museum of Photography, in partnership with Terra Esplendida, is pleased to offer viewers a unique backstage pass to the gritty nightclub and music scene of the late 70’s through early 90’s. Days of Punk is a seminal exhibition of the burgeoning punk movement in New York and Boston as seen through the eyes of renowned photographer and filmmaker Michael Grecco.
On exhibit Fall 2022. Photo by Michael Grecco.
Gathering Light: One Collector’s Journey
August 23 - December 2, 2022
What does it mean to collect photography? In this exhibition, SMP presents Steven Benson’s extensive private collection of photography. Over the course of 45+ years, the former DSC professor has amassed nearly 2,000 photographs, from cased daguerrotypes to works by contemporary artists of today. Gathering Light explores what draws a collector to certain pieces over others, the strange journeys that lead to acquisitions, and what happens when a collector discovers a forgery.
On exhibit Fall 2022, Photo by Martin Stranka.
INTO THE UNIVERSE OF COLLECTED IMAGES
MARCH 29 - JUNE 30, 2022
Into the Universe of Collected Images is an exhibition which highlights significant photographs and objects from the Southeast Museum of Photography’s collection is conceived alongside a renewed research interest in SMP’s holdings as a teaching museum.
The exhibition focuses on renowned works of art from the early 20th century to contemporary photographic practices, and includes narratives of how the collection was built from expert practitioners in the field of photography.
On exhibit Spring 2022, Photo by Hubble Telescope.
SHINY GHOST
JANUARY 11 - APRIL 16, 2022
In her series, Shiny Ghost, photographer Rachel Cox documents the last years of her grandmother’s life as she suffered from a degenerative brain disease. The resulting images capture the essence of her grandmother and form an intimate portrait of the tumultuous yet deep connection shared between the two women.
On exhibit Spring 2022, Photo by Rachel Cox
AN INTIMATE GALLERY
January 11 - February 26, 2022
An Intimate Gallery, curated by DBCC Gallery of Fine Arts founders Dan and Kathy Biferie, celebrates the origin of the Southeast Museum of Photography and its seminal collection of photographs with reflections from the curators on their 12-year tenure.
On exhibit Spring 2022, Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson
FRESH PERSPECTIVES
September 28 - December 16, 2021
Fresh Perspectives is an exhibition that aims to showcase contemporary work and innovative ideas. These artists were hand selected for their innovative viewpoint, keen eye, and modern approach to image-making. Each one brings something unique and novel to the complex genre of photography
On exhibit Fall 2021, Photo by Lauren Mitchell
Anthony Galusha, No End in Sight, 2021, Archival Pigment Print
CIVIL TWILIGHT/BEHIND THE UNIFORM
Civil Twilight is a photographic journal created by veteran Anthony Galusha, who takes a raw and honest approach to sharing aspects of his service, his health, and journey towards healing.
Behind the Uniform: Veterans in our community is an additional aspect of this exhibition is Anthony’s portrait of veterans, including alumni, current Daytona State College students and employees, and individuals from the community.
On exhibit Fall 2021, Photo by Anthony Galusha
Young girls leaving an internally displaced persons camp in Darfur to gather firewood for their families. For some, the work will take over a day and lead them beyond government checkpoints, which then exposes them to rape or other violent attacks. June 2005. © Ron Haviv/VII for UNICEF.
CONVERSATIONS ON CONFLICT PHOTOGRAPHY
August 24 - December 4, 2021
Conversations on Conflict Photography, which grows from Lauren Walsh’s seminal book of the same title, features work by 15 award-winning photographers whose groundbreaking images have often defined global conflicts. Through these images, this show examines the stories behind the photos and the ways the photographers approached them. The exhibition is curated by Walsh and Keith Miller.
On exhibit Fall 2021, Photo by Ron Haviv
THE POURED PLATE: CONTEMPORARY TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS
Tintypes: A Community Portrait is a collaboration between Leah Sobsey and Tim Telkamp. The idea was similar to that of the book mobile or the ice cream truck–essentially, people were invited to come out of their houses and onto the street to engage with each other and in the process create a large community portrait.
In his portfolio Labels: Bikers, Tim Telkamp explores the dichotomy that exists between the personal labels we use to make introductions to “outsiders” individually or as a group, and contrasts that to the labels that “outsiders” might apply when seeing that group together.
On exhibit Fall 2021, Photo by Tim Telkamp and Leah Sobsey.
Gordon Parks, Two children living in low rent housing project near Bethune-Cookman College, 1943, Silver Gelatin Print, Museum Purchase, Courtesy of the DBCC Photographic Society. 2000.17.11
(RE)FRAMING FLORIDA
July 13 - September 4, 2021
(Re)Framing Florida examines the rich and varied views of the Sunshine State. Spanning across disciplines and time periods, these permanent collection highlights -- including images captured by a variety of renowned photographers as well as a selection of vintage photographs from as early as 1885 -- showcase the breadth of the land and the people who inhabit it. This exhibition hopes to leave visitors with a richer appreciation for the Sunshine State and its residents.
On exhibit Summer 2021, Photo by Gordon Parks
Rachel Wolf, Alchemy 59, 2017, Chromogenic Chemigram, On Loan Courtesy of the Artist
PICTURING THE AVANT-GARDE:
A CELEBRATION OF ALTERNATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL PROCESSES
APRIL 6 - JUNE 26, 2021
Picturing the Avant-Garde aims to broaden the interpretation of photographic imagery beyond traditional printing. The works included in this exhibition explore the conceptual potentiality of various alternative and experimental photographic processes such as gum prints, tin types, chemigrams, cyanotypes, gold orotypes, and lumen prints among others.
On exhibit Spring 2021, Photo by Rachel Wolf
Frances F. Denny, "Leonore (Montpelier, VT)," On loan courtesy of the artist.
MAJOR ARCANA
PORTRAITS OF WITCHES IN AMERICA
PHOTOGRAPHS BY FRANCES F. DENNY
January 12 - April 17, 2021
Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America is a collection of portraits of women from across the United States who identify as witches. Major Arcana explores the various ways the notion of witch-ness belongs to those who claim it, representing the witch as a singularly self-sought identity that both empowers and politicizes its bearer. Each person photographed for Major Arcana (including genderfluid and trans individuals) pursues a form of witchcraft, whether aligned with a religion (like Wicca, Santeria, or Voudou) or a self-defined practice.
On exhibit Spring 2021, Photo by Frances F. Denny
Alfred Stieglitz, On the Seine, near Paris, 1894
lasting impressions
PHOTOGRAVURES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
FEbruary 2 - March 13, 2021
As a printing process, photogravures are prized for their broad tonal range, rich velvety shadows, luminous highlights, and exquisite detail. What sets photogravure prints apart from traditional darkroom printing techniques is the presence of a plate mark which generally appears as an embossed line surrounding the border of the image.
On exhibit Spring 2021, Photo by Alfred Stieglitz
honoring our heroes
The art of service and Sacrifice
In partnership with the Atlantic Center for the Arts, this exhibition brings together works created by veterans with years of military service to explore their unique perspectives, personal narratives, and themes of service and sacrifice. With a specific focus on photography, Honoring our Heroes: The Art of Service and Sacrifice showcases an array of works–from film to digital to alternative processes–meant to raise awareness of our veterans’ experiences and honor their service to their country. Veterans from four branches of service–the United States Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy–are represented and their photographic memories and service collectively range from 1959-2018, spanning conflicts from Vietnam to the present.
On exhibit Fall 2020
FROM ALL POINTS OF THE SOUTHERN SKY
PHOTOGRAPHY FROM AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA
SEPTEMBER 22 - DECEMBER 16, 2020
The thirteen artists in From all Points of the Southern Sky: Photography from Australia and Oceania incisively explore the Australian continent – its dark colonial history, indigenous cultures and violent repressions – as well as turning their gaze on the neighboring countries of Oceania. Jane Brown, Peta Clancy, Leah King Smith, and Kurt Sorensen drag Australia’s contentious past into the light of the present, visualizing the ghostly legacy of colonialism – its haunted landscapes and criminal beginnings – while Anne Zahalka, Stephen Dupont, Katrin Koenning, and Sonia Payes bear witness to the devastating impact of human-induced climate change.
On exhibit Fall 2020, Photo by Anne Zahalka
SEPARATE/TOGETHER:
A COLLECTIVE STUDENT EXHIBITION
OCTOBER 6 - DECEMBER 4, 2020
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has affected us all in incalculable ways. Colleges have migrated to online learning and when campuses closed for the Spring semester many BFA and MFA student exhibitions throughout the country were cancelled. This curated student exhibition provides graduating art students a space and opportunity to display their work in a professional museum setting. By offering an alternative venue to showcase their work, we have connected with national institutions to collectively celebrate 2020 graduates from all over the country.
On exhibit Fall 2020, Photo by Hannah Altman
PRIMITIVE FLORIDA
JULY 8 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Primitive Florida presents an alluring view of our state’s natural wonders, taking us on a visual journey through bottomland swamps, coastal lowlands and freshwater springs. This exhibit demonstrates the importance of conservation efforts in preserving Florida’s fragile and rare habitats.
On exhibit Summer 2020, Photo by Paul Marcellini
EXPLORING THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE
STUDENT SHOWCASE
This exhibition is the result of a special workshop designed to help students make compelling images–with the goal of producing a cohesive body of prints–by exploring personal vision and various approaches in the field. The participating students received personalized instruction from professional photographer Benjamin Dimmitt, learning to adapt and develop their artistic aesthetic on location.
On exhibit Summer 2020
stages of persuasion
Justin Nolan’s photographs in Stages of Persuasion investigate commercial and themed spaces. His images, shot at locations throughout the country, explore the powerful role that staged spaces can have in influencing human desires. Idealized and explicit notions of nature, beauty, humor, and even fear are presented in many of the themed restaurants, stores, and amusement parks he has photographed. A central focus of his work is how American identity is promoted, memorialized, and transmitted through consumer and ‘themed’ spaces.
On exhibit Spring 2020, Photo by Justin Nolan
HEARTS ROAD
NOVEMBER 12, 2019 - FEBRUARY 29, 2020
Hearts Road is a feature length documentary, a visual and musical journey, exploring 30 years of Colin Finlay’s multimedia Career. Crossing 2.5 million miles and over 85 countries, his images are a powerful testimonial to all that he has witnessed. Our exhibit features a selection of these printed works along with a glimpse of the Hearts Road documentary projected on our gallery wall.
On exhibit Fall 2019, Photo by Colin Finlay
IMAGE FOR CONCEPT
Indirect Representation in Photography
OCTOBER 15 - DECEMBER 4, 2019
Image for Concept brings together photographers working with traditional photographic materials in nontraditional ways. The resulting artwork challenges the notion of the direct capture of the camera and investigates the camera and its components as art-making materials. This exhibition poses the questions: How much can a photograph be manipulated and still be considered a photograph? How else can a camera, film, photo paper, and light be utilized to create artwork?
On exhibit Fall 2019, Skiagram by Amy Theiss Giese
ENCOUNTERS
Photographs by Jose Ney
Aug 27 - Oct 26, 2019
A special exhibition of photographs from the permanent collection of the Southeast Museum of Photography. Photographer Jose Ney traveled through many countries, including his native Cuba, investigating his connection to the land, the people, and the culture. A small collection of his work titled “Los Romanticos Angelos de la Tierra” was exhibited and then acquired by the Southeast Museum of Photography in 1995.
On exhibit Fall 2019, Photo by Jose Ney
THIS IS CLIMATE CHANGE
AUGUST 27 - OCTOBER 26, 2019
This Is Climate Change is a fine-art photography show featuring breathtaking landscape photographs of the Pacific Coast Highway, fresh water springs of Central and Northern Florida, and the rugged natural landscapes of the expansive Texas plains. Kirk Crippens, Sharon Harper, and Benjamin Dimmitt each present a portfolio of photographs that capture these locales of the American landscape. This exhibition explores climate change not as a primary element of the composition, but as a now inescapable feature of landscape photography.
On exhibit Fall 2019, Photo by Kirk Crippens
urban constructs
July 30 - September 28, 2019
DSC and UCF alum Clarissa Bonet returned to the Southeast Museum of Photography for a solo exhibition of her work. SMP mounted selections from two of her current portfolios, City Space, and Stray Light, bringing Bonet’s perspective on Urban Environments back to the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies
On exhibit Fall 2019, Photo by Clarissa Bonet
Abandoned in Place
JULY 2 - AUGUST 17, 2019
Abandoned In Place is a photographic exploration of the American space-launch and research facilities that played a crucial role in the early period of space exploration. The project serves not only as a documentary body of work, but also as an artistic interpretation of these historic sites.
On exhibit Summer 2019, Photo by Roland Miller
CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS: THE WARHOL EFFECT
MAY 21 - JUNE 29, 2019
Contemporary Currents: The Warhol Effect is an exhibition of contemporary photographers selected from the museum’s permanent collection that seeks to provide a sense of how photography and image making continue to progress in the post- Warhol era.
On exhibit Summer 2019, Image by Andy Warhol
PORTRAITURE: A FORMAL APPROACH
FEBRUARY 19 - MAY 4, 2019
This exhibition approaches the art of photographic portraiture through a variety of creative techniques. The work includes formal portraiture, experimental portraiture, and unconventional techniques and settings for portrait work. Photographers include Lydia Panas, Martha Ketterer, and Jean Sousa.
On exhibit Spring 2019, Photo by Randy Matusow
THE PINES
MARCH 19 - APRIL 20, 2019
Chuck Hemard’s images in The Pines explore remnants of old-growth longleaf pinelands across the southeast United States. Historically, this is one of America's most significant landscapes that, when maintained with frequent, non-fatal fire, is also an extraordinary bio diverse ecosystems rivaling that of the tropical rain forests.
On exhibit Spring 2019, Photo by Chuck Hemard
PRISON NATION
FEBRUARY 5 - MARCH 2, 2019
Prison Nation is a traveling photographic exhibition coordinated by Aperture that brings together the work of photographers who focus on prisons and prisoner life. From the 1960’s through contemporary prison culture in the United States these photographs address the question, “How can images tell the story of mass incarceration when the imprisoned don’t have control over their own representation?”
On exhibit Spring 2019, Photographer unknown
THE SHUTTLE
NOVEMBER 13, 2018 - FEBRUARY 2, 2019
The Shuttle is a photographic exhibition of NASA’s Space Shuttle program during the early to late 1980’s. Photographs of the shuttle, interior and exterior, accompanied by launch sites and the colorful remnants of burnt rocket fuel. Photographers include John Chakeres, Roland Miller, and Michael Soluri.
On exhibit Fall 2018, Photo by John Chakeres
CHEMIGRAMS BY NOLAN PREECE
OCTOBER 9 - NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Nolan Preece brings his chemigraphs - or chemical paintings - to the Southeast Museum of Photography. Defined as an alternative process, Preece's chemical paintings use photo chemicals and materials and dark room processes to make images.
On exhibit Fall 2018, Chemigram by Nolan Preece
SOUTHEAST X SOUTHEAST
September 24 - October 27, 2018
This international exhibition focuses on the contemporary works of photographers living and working in Thailand, with special consideration given to photographers in association with Chiang Mai University, home to Thailand's leading university photography department. The exhibition includes a diverse range of photographers who work in styles ranging from street photography, to commercial, to alternative processes. Curated and organized by Patricia Lois Nuss Bambace, photography instructor at the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies.
On exhibit Fall 2018, Photo by Luke Duggleby
CONSTRUCTED MEMORY
photographs by LINET SANCHEZ GUTIERREZ
June 19 - September 15, 2018
Linet Sanchez Gutierrez investigates memory through the construction and photography of models. These quaint, finely crafted architectural interiors are not renditions of specific places; they are structures built from sensory input, emotion residue, and personal experience. Much like memory itself, each maquette Gutierrez builds is a construct or amalgamation of her lived experience.
On exhibit Summer 2018, Photo by Linet Sanchez Gutierrez
Photographs: Gary Monroe
Photographs provides a glimpse into a number of communities that add to the character of this place and this mentality that we call Florida. From the Old World Jews who populated South Beach Miami, to Haitian resettlement camps, to the tourist visiting Disney, and the very landscapes that these cities and communities are built upon. Monroe has spent his life capturing little moments that reflect bigger ideas. The locations and characters in these photographs vary widely, and are taken from over 30 years worth of Monroe's photographic pursuits. However, each image was composed, captured, and is imprinted with Monroe's signature style.
On exhibit Spring 2018, Photo by Gary Monroe
WOMEN IN SHADOW AND LIGHT: JAN GOFF LAFONTAINE
March 6 - April 14, 2018
With the #metoo and #timesup movements sweeping through every industry in contemporary America, and conversations on sexual abuse and violence against women finally in the public eye, LaFontaine's Women in Shadow and Light provides a glimpse into the lives of women who have chosen to move beyond being sexual assault victims and place the focus on healing, for themselves and others.
On exhibit Spring 2018, Photo by Jan Goff LaFontaine
#1960NOW: Sheila Pree Bright
JANUARY 9 - MARCH 3, 2018
#1960Now is Bright's journey documenting the responses to police shooting in Atlanta, Ferguson, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Baton Rouge. She observed young social activists taking a stand against the same struggles their parents and grandparents endured during the era of Jim Crow.
On exhibit Spring 2018, Photo by Sheila Pree Bright
ART IN ACTION: VETerans exploring the visual arts (2018)
January 25 - February 22, 2018
The 2018 Art in Action: Veterans Exploring the Visual Arts exhibition is both a celebration of veterans and the arts. It is representative of how the arts can creatively engage, help communicate emotion, invite healing and personal growth, and bring the community together. Artworks include traditional photography and alternative processes, painting and mixed media, woodworking, collage, ceramics and a collaborative video installation.
On exhibit Spring 2018, Photo of the handprints of the participants of the Art In Action program
IMPRINTED: CARLOS BETANCOURT
OCTOBER 17 - DECEMBER 9, 2017
This exhibition features a range of printed media including traditional mediums as well as imagery printed on acrylic, vinyl, and wallpaper installed within the space. This diverse and experimental roster of medium illustrates how Betancourt’s image making need not be contained by traditional framing and installation techniques. Further, this technique reinforces the primacy of concept over technique.
On exhibit Fall 2017, Photo by Carlos Betancourt
MIND OVER MATTER: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ARNO RAFAEL MINKKINEN
AUGUST 29 - OCTOBER 29, 2017
Minkkinen's images from the 1970's and 1980's, contemporary and recent work, image murals, and, in a rare move for Minkkinen, selections of his color photography
On exhibit Fall 2017, Photo by Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Dispatches From The Front
July 11 - September 20, 2017
Eight Daytona State College photography alumni return to the Southeast Museum of Photography to exhibit recent work ranging from defending rhinoceroses from poachers, remembrances from the Orlando Pulse shooting, documenting life in D.C. as a White House photographer, and an exploration of how diversity shapes a metropolis.
On exhibit Summer and Fall 2017, Photo by Cassi Alexandra
A house is not a home: Brooke Didonato
March & April 2017
“A House is Not a Home” is a series of self-portraits conveying feelings of isolation and discontent experienced when returning to my hometown in Ohio. The character in this series acts as a hyper-feminine version of myself, exploring an alternate reality where I coexist with a suburban backdrop, yet struggle to psychologically acclimate to gender roles often found in a nuclear family structure.
On exhibit Spring 2017, Photo by Brooke DiDonato
In Time we shall know ourselves
January 20 - April 15, 2017
Raymond Smith's collection of photographs depicting his trip through the American South in 1974. Organized by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art.
On exhibit Spring 2017, photo by Wyatt Peck
Thesis
The UCF Thesis Exhibition showcases portfolios by the graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Photography program at the University of Central Florida – Daytona Beach. Through this unique partnership between Daytona State College and the University of Central Florida, students leave this program with strong technical, creative, and critical thinking skills – empowering graduates for lifelong success in a variety of professional photographic fields.
Photo by Tori Camera
Departures
Departures is a juried exhibition featuring portfolios of recent graduates from the Daytona State College A.S. Degree in Photographic Technology.
Photo by Katie Charlesworth