Biography

I am a professor in the Holyoke Community College Art Department, Holyoke, MA, USA.   My courses often utilize service learning and community work. Some of my classes attempt to integrate contemplative practice with the art of photography.  Balancing the classroom, the community, the camera and the contemplative mind is a life-long challenge.

I have a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Bard College and have received a National Endowment for the Arts/ New England Foundation for the Arts grant for work with the Puerto Rican community in Holyoke, Massachusetts.  The Polaroid Foundation and ViewCamera Magazine have awarded my work in Tibet and the Rotary Foundation has funded my photography in India.

I have made four trips to the former Yugoslavia with The Friends of Bosnia and the Center for Balkan Development. This work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe.

In 2006, Amherst College Press published "Curious Footprints", a book of my natural history photographs with an essay by Nancy Pick and an afterword by Ben Lifson. The book is available through Amazon.

When I am not teaching or working on long term projects, I am available for freelance work.

Prints are available for exhibition, publication or sale. Please contact me directly or visit my gallery at:

http://www.photoeye.com/frankward