Mark Steinmetz (b. 1961) is an Athens, Georgia-based photographer whose work captures black-and-white images of Southern Americana as seen in urban, rural and suburban landscapes. Mark Steinmetz’ monographs include South Central (2007), South East (2008), Greater Atlanta (2009), Summertime (2012) and Summer Camp (2020). He has also been published in Aperture, Blind Spot and DoubleTake magazines. In 1994, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 1998 he participated in Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program. Mark Steinmetz has taught at a number of institutions, including Harvard, Sarah Lawrence College, Emory University and Yale. Steinmetz’ photos can be found in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Fellowships
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1994-5)
George Gund Foundation Commission (2006)
Teaching
Emory University (2004, 2006)
Harvard University (2003)
Sarah Lawrence College (2005)
Yale University (2004, 2005)
Visiting Artist
2009 Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA
2009 Yale University School of Art, New Haven
2010 Colby College, Waterville, ME
2010 Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2010 Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, OH
2010 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2010 SUNY, Purchase, NY
2010 Atlanta Celebrates Photography
2011 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2012 University of Hartford (Berlin, Hartford)
2012 LENS, Madrid
2012 La Casa Encendida, Madrid
2013 Tulane University, New Orleans
2013 California College of the Arts, San Francisco
2013 International Center of Photography, New York
