Overview
A photographer, filmmaker, and folklorist, Tom Rankin
has been documenting and interpreting American
culture for nearly twenty years. His books include
Sacred Space: Photographs from the Mississippi
Delta (1993), which received the Mississippi
Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Photography,
'Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre': Photographs of a River Life(1995), Faulkner's World: The Photographs of
Martin J. Dain (1997), and Local Heroes
Changing America: Indivisible (2000).
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
·
2011 - Present
Art, Art History & Visual Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director, MFAEDA
·
2008 - Present
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
A Place of Tender Images: Paul Kwilecki’s Four Decades of Photography of Decatur County, GA
Book · 2012 Featured Publication CiteTruths of the Matter: Traditions in Documentary Studies
Book · 2012 Featured Publication CiteColors of Confinement: Color Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II
Book · 2012 Featured Publication CiteRecent Grants
Graduate Film Scholarship
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Princess Grace Foundation-USA · 2018 - 2020Film Fellowship
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Princess Grace Foundation-USA · 2015 - 2016UndraBorn: Extraordinary Children
Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2009 - 2010View All Grants
Recent Artistic Works
Outlands: Land Over Time
Exhibit September 1, 2011Nine Visions: Photography With Southern Vision
Exhibit September 1, 2011Place Meets Time
Exhibit August 1, 2010View All Artistic Works
Education, Training & Certifications
Georgia State University ·
1987
M.F.A.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
1983
M.A.
Tufts University ·
1980
B.A.