BIOGRAPHY  
 
L  A  R  R  Y   G.   B  L  A  C  K  W  O  O  D 
USA, Born in 1952 
 
 
 
Background 
 
Primarily self-taught, I 've spent thirty-five years exploring self-expression through photography.  I originally worked in a black and white darkroom environment.  With the advent of advanced digital techniques, I switched to digital methods around 1998.  That marked the beginning of an intensive period of discovery and advancement of my art that still continues today.  
 
I grew up in Kansas, finished my degree in Sociology at Wichita State University and moved to Arizona for graduate school. Later, I took a job with the Indian Health Service in Anchorage Alaska, where I met my wife Connie.  We married in Montana while building our first home and going to graduate school at Montana State University.  I completed my PhD in Biostatistics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1989.  We then moved to Idaho Falls, ID where I worked at the Idaho National Laboratory as a statistician when not following my photographic interests.  In 2007, I retired from statistics work, moved back to our Bozeman home and now pursue photography full-time
 
 
Awards and Published Work 
 
2008      Life Images, summer issue. 
2008      Lenswork, Issue 75, March/April (elevator portfolio). 
2008      Lenswork Extended, Issue 75, March/April (elevator portfolio, ice portfolio, audio interview). 
2007      B&W Magazine, Issue 54, October, Photographer Spotlight article. 
2007      Shots Magazine, Issue 96 ( Summer)  
2007      Black and White Spider Awards (Nominee, Professional Category: Abstract)  
2006      B&W Magazine, Single Image Contest Awards Issue (Silver Award, Merit Award) 
2006      B&W Magazine, Portfolio Contest Awards Special Issue  (Excellence Award) 
2006      Best of Photography Annual, Serbin Communications 
2006      Words and Pictures Magazine, Issue No. 4 
2005      B&W Magazine, Single Image Contest Awards Issue (Merit Award) 
2005      Best of Photography Annual, Serbin Communications 
2004      Popular Photography and Imaging, November Issue 
2004      Shutterbug Magazine, June Issue 
2004      Shutterbug Magazine, January Issue 
 
 
Major Exhibitions 
 
2009       Elevations, Grain Elevator Photographs by Larry G. Blackwood, The Wichita Art 
              Museum,  WIchita KS (forthcoming) 
2007       The River Remembers, Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID (joint exhibition with 
              Roy Reynolds) 
2004       Stolen Moments, Carr Gallery, Idaho Falls Arts Council, Idaho Falls, ID (solo exhibition) 
2003       Signs of the Times, Museum of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID (solo exhibition) 
 
 
Juried Group Exhibitions 
 
2008      Sweet Pea Juried Art Show, Bozeman, MT. 
2008      Fine Print Auction, Viewpoint Photographic Art, Center Sacramento, CA 
2008      Toledo Friends of Photography National Juried Photography Exhibition, University of 
              Toledo Center for Visual Arts, Toledo, OH (juror: Todd Hido) 
2008      Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO 
             (juror: Andrew Darlow) 
2007      Members Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO (juror: Steve 
              Simmons, editor and publisher, View Camera Magazine
2007      Bravisimo!, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA  
2007      Natural Selection, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA (benefit in support of the Blue Earth 
             Alliance) 
2007      Full Circle, Eagle Rock Art Museum, Idaho Falls, ID 
2006      Fine Print Auction, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, CA  
2006      Eagle Rock Art Guild Spring Show, Eagle Rock Art Museum, Idaho Falls, ID 
2005      Barn Again!, Eagle Rock Art Museum, Idaho Falls, ID 
2005      Member Art Show, Carr Gallery, Idaho Falls Arts Council, Idaho Falls, ID 
 
 
Juried Art Shows 
 
2008      Jackson Hole Art Fair, Jackson, WY 
2008      Kimball-Park City Art Fair, Park City, UT 
2008      Bellevue Arts Museum ArtsFair, Bellevue, WA 
2008      Salem Art Fair and Festival, Salem, OR 
2008      Summerfair, Billings, MT 
2008      Summerfest, Logan, UT 
2008      Wichita Art Museum Art and Book Fair, Wichita, KS 
2008      Art City Austin, Austin, TX 
2007      South Nevada County Fine Art, Wine, and Food Festival, Auburn, CA 
2007      Summerfest, Logan, UT 
2007      Bellevue Arts Museum ArtsFair, Bellevue, WA 
2007      Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts, Bozeman, MT 
2006      Holiday Festival of the Arts, Bozeman, MT  
2006      Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts, Bozeman, MT 
2006      Eagle Rock Art Guild Sidewalk Arts Festival, Idaho Falls, ID 
2005      Holiday Festival of the Arts, Bozeman, MT 
2005      Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts, Bozeman, MT 
 
 
Representation 
 
Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID 
Bannack State Park, Dillon, MT 
Montana Photographic Arts, Red Lodge, MT 
The Link Gallery, Cheyenne, WY 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 Somewhere in Monument Valley 
 
 
 
 argus c3 
 Argus C3 35mm Camera 
(my first camera)
 
 
 
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