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Bob Gates
I originally studied photography at the University of Iowa School of Art while completing my Ph.D. in English, after which I joined the English Department at Syracuse University. For many years I shot black and white film and developed in my basement. Other interests took me away from photography for a while, but for the past seven years I have been more fully engaged, first with digital color and now also again with black and white.
My photographs have won awards in regional and national contests, have appeared in group, individual, and juried exhibitions, and have been published internationally in such magazines as National Geographic Traveler, PhotoLife (Canada), MaVista (UK), The Photo Review, Photographic, Shutterbug, Outdoor Photographer, The Best of Photography Annual, f-stop, Life in the Finger Lakes, Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, and Popular Photography. |
Recent Exhibitions
- Gandee Gallery, November 2009-December 2010, Fabius, NY
- Edgewood Gallery, “Form and Color,” group exhibition, August 2009, Syracuse, NY
- Wilson Library, “Encounters,” solo exhibition, LeMoyne College, January 2009, Syracuse, NY
- Maxwell Library, Camillus, NY, January 2009
- Limestone Gallery, “20/20--Small Works Show” juried exhibit, November-December, 2008, Fayetteville, NY
- Stone Canoe Gallery, virtual gallery in Second Life (3-D online virtual world), July-September 2008
- Art Association of Oswego, Lakeside-Statewide Juried Art Exhibition, March 22-April 20, 2008, Oswego, NY
- Main Street Gallery, National Photography '07 juried Exhibition, October 25-November 25, 2007, Groton, NY
- Cazenovia College Art Gallery, "Signs of Life," a Group Exhibition of Photographic Artists, September 6-27, 2007, Cazenovia, NY
- Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, "Made in NY 2007" juried exhibition, June 30-August 25, Auburn, NY
- Earlville Opera House, "The Challenge of Beauty," solo exhibition, June 9-July 21, 2007, Earlville, NY
- State of the Art Gallery, Annual Juried Photography Show, March 2-April 1, 2007, Ithaca, NY
- Rome Art and Community Center, Solo Exhibition, December 8-29, 2006, Rome, NY
- Southern Vermont Arts Center, 50th National Fall Exhibition, September 23-October 29, 2006, Manchester, VT
- Cooperstown Art Association 71st Annual National Exhibition, July 15-August 18, 2006, Cooperstown, NY
Recent Awards and Publications
- “American Bison,” Grand Prize Winner, Central New York Magazine photo contest, January 2010
- “Grab Shot,” FILE Magazine, September 2009
- “Sunrise at Shark Rock,” First Place, Martha’s Vineyard Magazine first annual photo contest, August 2009
- Eighteen photos in the Portfolio issue of f-stop magazine #35, June-July 2009
- “Last Picture Show,” Diffusion Magazine, May 2009
- “Night Shift,” Dossier Journal, April 2009
- "Tango," "Tattoo Noir," "Dog Pillow," and "Evolution," Stone Canoe: A Journal of Art and Ideas from Upstate New York, Vol.3, February 2009
- "Feet," Shutterbug Magazine, February 2009
- Honorable Mention in Photographer’s Forum Magazine’s 28th annual contest, “Last Picture Show” published in The Best of Photography Annual 2008, Serbin Communications, December 2008
- “Formerly and Hereafter,” Second Annual International Juried Exhibition, published in Plates to Pixels Magazine, January 2009
- ”Driftwood, Green Lakes,” First Place, Black and White, Life in the Finger Lakes Magazine, November 2008
- Second Prize, professional black and white, and Third Prize, professional color, New York State Fair, August 2008
- Honorable Mention, Apogee Photo Magazine , August 2008
- Cover image and three other photos in the “Night” issue of f-stop magazine #28, April-May 2008
- Third Prize, “The Singular Image,” Center (formerly the Santa Fe Center for Photography), Santa Fe, NM, March 2008
- Second Prize, World in Focus Photo Contest, National Geographic Traveler Magazine, January/February 2008
- Honorable Mention, Life in the Finger Lakes Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 4, Winter 2007
- "Fall Forms," The Best of Photography Annual 2007, Serbin Communications, December 2007
- Second Place, National Photography '07 juried Exhibition, Main Street Gallery, October 2007, Groton, NY
- "Pitch 'Til-U-Win," The Photo Review competition issue, October 2007
- First Place, Professional Color, New York State Fair, August 2007
- Seven photos in "Animals," f-stop magazine #22, March-April, 2007
- Second Place, "The Earth" category of Photo Life Magazine's image International photo contest, March, 2007
- "Shadows," "Duet," and "Winter Playground," Stone Canoe: A Journal of Art and Ideas from Upstate New York, March 2007
- Grand Prize, Black and White, Ritz Camera Capture Your World Photo Contest, February, 2007
- Honorable Mention, Apogee Photo Magazine, February, 2007
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