FRAN ANTMANN,
Resides in Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED AWARDS
PSC/CUNY Grant for photography in the Canadian Arctic, 2019Honorable Mention for my book Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams Prix de la Photographie (PX) Paris competition 2018
Finalist for the Lucie Foundation PhotoBook Prize 2017
Visura: The Grant for Outstanding Personal Photography Project, Honorable Mention 2015
Baruch College Women’s History Month - Phenomenal Women Award Nominee 2013
PSC/CUNY Professional Development Fund Grant for Photography: 2016, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007
PSC/CUNY Grant for photography in Suriname, 2010
The Puffin Foundation Grant in Photography, 2008
Baruch College Travel Grant, 2007
New York Foundation for the Arts Artists’ Fellowship in Non-Fiction Literature, 2003
The Puffin Foundation Grant in Photography, 2002
New York Foundation for the Arts Catalogue Project Award, 2000
New York Foundation for the Arts Artists' Fellowship in Photography, 1998
YADDO Artist Residency, 1994
New York Foundation for the Arts Artists’ Fellowship in Non-Fiction Literature, 1993
Agfa Corporation (total funding for exhibition prints and book project), 1992-1993
New York Foundation for the Arts Artists' Fellowship in Photography, 1989
Kodak Professional Photography Division, Materials Grant, 1988
Social Science Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1987
J.P. Getty Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1987
Ford Foundation Grant, 1981
Fulbright Grant in Photography for Peru, 1979-1981
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
U of Michigan, Lane Hall Gallery, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, "Maya Healers," Ann Arbor, 2018
Art2Art, Circulating Exhibitions, “Maya Healers,” available for exhibition as of 2014
Museum for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark, 2007
Hofstra University, Rosenberg Gallery, 1998
Stony Brook, SUNY, The Latin American and Caribbean Center, 1997
National Museum of Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1994
Museum for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark, 1993
Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, NYC, 1987
Taller Latino Americano, "Los Peruanos", NYC, 1984
Consejo Mexicano de Fotografia, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, 1983
The Eleventh Street Photo Gallery, New York City, 1982
Museo de Arte Italiano, Lima, Peru, 1981
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Winners of Latin America Fotografía 7, Angel Orensanz Foundation, NYC, 2018
The Institute Library, "Wish You Were Here: Journals, Journeys and Expeditions," New Haven, CT, 2018
Hamilton and Arronson Galleries, "Uncertain Times" curated by Deborah Willis, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, "Photography: A Focus on the Figure," NYC, 2017
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, "This Land is Our Home: Wiiliideh Yellowknives Dene," Yellowknife, Canada, 2015
GuatePhoto 15, International Festival of Photography, Antigua and Guatemala City, 2015
FaculTV, New Media Artspace, Baruch College, 2014
Atrium Gallery, Haverford College, “The Female Gaze,” Haverford, PA, 2014
FaculTV, New Media Artspace, Baruch College, 2014
Museum for Fotokunst, “Laughter,” Odense, Denmark, 2008
Museum for Fotokunst, “Title Pulse”, Odense, Denmark, 2000
Williamsburg Art &Historical Center, Celebrating “YADDO ARTISTS”, NYC, 2000
The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 1999
The Gallery, World Financial Center, “A Certain Slant of Light”, 1999
The Brooklyn Museum, NYC, "Photography in Latin America: A Spiritual Journey", 1996
FOTOFEST, Houston, TX, "Discoveries of the Meeting Place", 1996
The John Jay College Wall Gallery, "A View of One's Own: Six Women Photographers", 1992
Americas Society, Art Gallery, New York City, "Guaman Poma de Ayala", 1992
International Center of Photography, Permanent Collection Gallery, "New Acquisitions", 1991
FOTOFEST, Houston, TX, "Testimonies", 1990
Traveling Exhibition, Curatorial Assistance, 1990-91
WORK REPRESENTED IN COLLECTIONS
International Center of Photography, New York City
Brooklyn Museum, New York City
Haverford College Collection, Comfort Gallery, Haverford, PA
Museum of Photographic Arts, Odense, Denmark
EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer and visiting artist, Amity University, Gurgaon, India, January 2017
Doctor of Arts, New York University, 1983
Baruch College, C.U.N.Y., Adjunct Professor, Photography & Photojournalism, 1983 – present
Photo Editor, “Dollars & Sense: an online journal, Baruch College, CUNY, 2007– 2018
Curatorial Advisor and Visiting Artist, “Snapshot NYC” at William E. Macaulay Honors College, 2006 – 2010
Photographer for the NYC High School Journalism Website, 2009
International Center of Photography, 1996 – 1998
SELECTED CLIENTS
Plan International (Peru); CARE (Peru); UNICEF (Peru)
The Ford Foundation (Brazil and Peru); Pan-American News;
Catholic Relief Foundation (Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt);
The Dutch Government—International Development Project (Peru) Maryknoll Magazine (Peru, Brazil, Mexico)
Journal of the Inter-American Foundation (Peru)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The Blue Mountain Center: COMMONS: A Gathering of Stories & Culture, Jan. 2018
IMS Explorer, Institute of Maya Studies, cover story, Vol. 47 Issue 2, Feb. 2018
Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams (Photographs and writing by Fran Antmann), Nirala Press, 2017
MIPJ: Media, Information, International Relations, and Humanitarian Affairs, print/digital/multimedia edition, Oct. 2016 Indigenous edition
Documentum, V.01 The Instagram series, Issue 2 Pictures, and Words, July 2016
http://viewfind.com/story/maya-healers-a-thousand-dreams
https://voicesofny.org/2016/01/a-lens-on-the-healers-of-guatemala/ Jan. 2016
https://edgeofhumanity.com/tag/fran-antmann-photography/ Dec. 2015
http://socialdocumentary.net/exhibit/fran_Antmann/2656 Featured photographer of the month
“The Female Gaze,” catalog which accompanies the exhibition at Haverford College, PA, 2014
Puente, Peru, October 2009, Sebastian Rodriguez, essay by Fran Antmann
The Furnaces of Time: Photographs by Fran Antmann and Sebastian Rodriguez Text by Fran Antmann (unpublished manuscript) 2008
Morococha - Sebastian Rodriguez, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru, 2008, text by Fran Antmann
Katalog, Quarterly Magazine for Photography, "The Furnaces of Time” by Fran Antmann, Denmark, April 2007
Libro de Los Espejos edited by Gregorio Martinez, PEISA, Lima, Peru, “The Bronx”, 2003
Arctic/Andes: Photographs by Fran Antmann, 2001, New York Foundation for the Arts
Bennington Alumni Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 2, cover story, “A Distance Traveled,” fall 1997
Medlemsavisen, No. 2, "Helvedet over kobberminen,” Denmark, Feb. 1993
Katalog, Quarterly Magazine for Photography, "The Mining Town of Morococha in the Photographs of Sebastian Rodriguez and Fran Antmann" Denmark, December 1992
Camera and Darkroom Photography, “Life in a Peruvian Village: The Photographs of Fran Antmann,” A.D. Coleman, Jan.1991
The Sunday Correspondent Magazine, “Morococha: In the Footsteps of Sebastian Rodriguez,” July 29, 1990