John Mann was born in the East, raised in the Midwest and schooled in the West. Upon graduation from the University of New Mexico with an MFA in Photography, he headed back east to start the cycle all over again. He now lives in Tallahassee, Florida, where he makes images and teaches at Florida State University. His work has also traveled, and has been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Dan Cooney Fine Art (NYC), Phillips de Pury, (London), PDX Contemporary (Portland), Hyeres Festival of Photography and Fashion (FR), Newspace Center for Photography (Portland), The Print Center (Philadelphia), Jen Bekman Projects (NYC), Privateer Gallery (Brooklyn), Gallery Kunstler (Rochester, NY) and the Griffin Museum of Photography. A book of his photographic work titled Thinner Air was published in 2010. John is a member of the Piece of Cake photography network.

Areas of Responsibility

Photography

Education

BFA Photography Arizona State University
MFA Studio Art (photography) The University of New Mexico

Teaching Areas

Photography (the photographic book, large format, landscape, color, studio lighting)

Research Areas

Photography as drawing, the intersection of sculpture and photography, the photographic book, video

Scholarly / Creative Works & Awards

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