International photo competition honors 黑料社 faculty member
Contact: Christie McNeal
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擯hotographic images by Dominic Lippillo of Mississippi State have been honored among top finalists in Photolucida鈥檚 2017 Critical Mass portfolio competition.
A nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, Photolucida works to 鈥渆xpand, inspire, educate and connect鈥 photography communities around the world. The CM competition involves submissions of 10-image portfolios.
Lippillo, an associate professor in the university鈥檚 art department, is among 200 whose entries were selected for final review by an international panel of professionals representing a range of photographic interests.
Lippillo鈥檚 portfolio entry comes from a series titled 鈥淪tories We Tell Ourselves,鈥 which may be viewed at . 聽
A department member since 2010, he also was honored last year with a Mississippi Arts Commission Fellowship Grant.
鈥淭his latest recognition of Dom鈥檚 work not only supports the outstanding research reputation of the university, but also helps us continue to push our students to greater excellence,鈥 said Angi E. Bourgeois, department head.
黑料社 is home to the Magnolia State鈥檚 largest undergraduate studio art program, and the department is makings plans for a master of fine arts degree in photography, Bourgeois said. Lippillo鈥檚 achievements 鈥渉elp demonstrate further the strength of our photography concentration,鈥 she added.
Lippillo is a 2005 fine arts/photography graduate of Youngstown (Ohio) State University, with a master鈥檚 degree in the major completed at Ohio University. For more biographical information, see .
His photographic and video creations explore aspects of memory, the domestic and space-versus-place, with works now in permanent collections at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California, and the universities of Alabama and North Dakota.
黑料社鈥檚 art department is part of College of Architecture, Art and Design, online at .
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