Contact / Bio
Biography:
George Pitts is a Photographer, Artist, and Writer. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Contact:
Georgepitts@gmail.com
Education:
Bennington College; Bennington, Vermont. B.A.
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Received 1st Prize for Painting; Skowhegan, Maine. 1971
Columbia University. Studied Creative Writing.
Howard University; Washington, D.C.
Verde Valley School; Sedona, Arizona
One of my several projects is a book on the subject of "Mature Women," shooting portraits and nudes of Women 35 years of age and older. Please contact me at my email address if you are interested in being photographed for this book. Subjects will receive a DVD Disc consisting of Hi Res Tifs and/or Lo Res Jpegs from their photo shoot for the book.
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Selected Exhibitions; Readings:
2016: "Partial Objects," poetry reading; Bowery Poetry Club.
2016: "I Don't Exist If You Don't." Documentary film on Performance Artist Ann Liv Young, directed by Kathryn Karwat and George Pitts. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art.
2009
Kinsey Institute 2009 Juried Art Show. Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender an
Reproduction. Work in permanent collection; Bloomington, Indiana.
"Anonymous," a group show; Envoy Enterprises Gallery; New York City.
"America" Exhibition and Auction; Brooklyn, NY.
2008
"BLACKS," a traveling group show opening at Antebellum Gallery; Los Angeles, CA.
2006
"The Woman Next Door," Photographs. Solo show at The Tables Brothers Gallery; Brooklyn, NY. June.
2005
"She's Not There: Portraits With Glass." Solo show at Sometimes Madness Is Wisdom Gallery; Los Angeles; November-January 2006.
1993
"Men, Myth and Masculinities," curated by Amanda Trager; Ledisflam Gallery; New York City; May-June.
"The Return of the Cadavre Exquis"; The Drawing Center. Nov.-Dec.
Books, Magazines, Selected Blogs, CD Art:
Partial Objects (2016): poems and long prose poems (Jerkpoet pub.): http://jerkpoet.com/
The Taschen Book of New Erotic Photography !
The Taschen Book of New Erotic Photography 2
The Mammoth Book of New Erotic Photography (Running Press)
The Mammoth Book of New Erotic Photography Vol. 4: The Muse
Nerve: The New Nude (Chronicle)
Nerve: The First 10 Years (Chronicle)
American Photography annual, vols. 16, 18-21, 23-24
Masterminds of Mode: International Fashion Festival in Japan
New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, S Magazine, Aleim Magazine, Hotshoe, Luxure, The Washington Post, Die Zeit, Quite Frankly/Quite Delightful: by Women for Women; Supplementaire Art & Fashion Journal, Tag Tag Tag, aRude, Musee Magazine, Creem, Nerve.com, Developed, Tabula Rasa, IRENE erotic fanzine Blog, Flatt Magazine, Conveyor Magazine, Complex, Premier, Latina, Vibe, Vice, The New Tough, Obsession Photo.com, Camera Obscura, Dirty Dolls, Paper, Spin, Raygun, Whack Magazine, Table Brothers Gallery, Kerouac's Dog, Ozon, Details, Stereotype, Erographic.com, Esquire (Thai Edition), Werk, Voidek, Bunnie, Karin + Raoul, Clam, Dodge & Burn: Diversity in Photography, Open, Toro, Inked Girls, Zoo, Royal Cheese,
Cat Power: "The Covers Album" (Matador, 2000), Vanessa Daou: "Joe Sent Me Remix Album" (Daou Records, 2011)