Alan Teller is a 2nd generation photographer who also develops museum exhibits nation-wide. His projects range from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library to the Spertus Museum's Zell Holocaust Memorial. Alan was ethnographic photography coordinator for the Field Museum and has taught at Columbia College, Purdue University, the School of the Art Institute and Lake Forest College. He was awarded an Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist grant in 2012, and a Fulbright award in 2014 for 'Following the Box: Exploring an Archive of Anonymous Photographs from India', co-directed with his wife Jerri Zbiral. Their documentary film 'Following the Box' has screened internationally. The exhibit opened in Kolkata and has been shown in Delhi, Chicago, Pasadena and Reno. In the late 1960s, Alan founded the Inner-City Photo Workshop, working with young people who had left the public schools. In 2022 he received a grant to try and find his former students (now in their 60s!) to see if his program had any impact on their lives. '50 Years Later' will eventually become an exhibit and book. He recently received a grant from the Evanston Arts Council for "Still At It," a documentary project focusing on elders over 75 who are still passionately engaged in ther lives. I'm working with artists, writers, musicians, activists, scientists and more.
