Lucas Foglia (born 1983) is an American photographer, living in San Francisco. "His work is concerned mainly with documenting people and their relationship to nature", for which he has travelled extensively making landscape photography and portraiture. Foglia's ''Human Nature'' has been shown in solo exhibitions at the

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(MoCP) in Chicago and at

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. His work is held in the collections of

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, MoCP,

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and

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Early life and education

Foglia was born on Long Island, New York. His parents were part of the

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and he grew up on their farm, 30 miles from Manhattan. He received his BA from

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in 2005 and received his MFA from

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, at Yale University, Connecticut in 2010.

Work

Foglia's first two books ''A Natural Order'' (2012) and ''Frontcountry'' (2014) merge landscape photography and portraiture. According to

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in ''The Guardian'', the portraits in those books and in ''Human Nature'' (2017), "occupy that tricky, slightly heightened hinterland between documentary and staging." ''A Natural Order'' "looked at people who lived off the grid in the American backwoods – drifters, Christian communities, back-to-the-land hippies, survivalists". It was made over five years and several long trips south in a camper van. ''Frontcountry'' is a book of two halves, depicting the contrast between the contradictory lifestyles of ranching and mining in the contemporary

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. It was made between 2006 and 2013 in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming. ''Human Nature'' is "a series of vignettes about the relationship science, government, and individuals have with wilderness and nature." ''Summer After'' (2021) contains black and white portraits of people that Foglia met on the street in New York City in 2002 in the wake of the

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, after he moved to Manhattan.

Publications

Books by Foglia

*''A Natural Order''. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2012. . *''Frontcountry''. Portland, OR: Nazraeli, 2014. . *''Human Nature''. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli, 2017. . *''Summer After''. UK: Stanley/Barker, 2021. .

Books with contributions by Foglia

*''Core Samples from the World.'' New York: New Directions, 2011. By

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. . Poetry and essays by Gander, photographs by Foglia,

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Solo exhibitions

* 2012. David Winton Bell Gallery of

, Providence, Rhode Island. “A Natural Order” * 2012. Les

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, Arles, France. “A Natural Order” * 2012. Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, United Kingdom. “A Natural Order” * 2013.

Belfast Exposed Belfast Exposed is a photography gallery in Belfast, established in 1983. It was Northern Ireland's first dedicated photographic gallery and in 2018 Sean O'Hagan in ''The Guardian'' described it as "the key independent space for contemporary pho ...

, Belfast, Northern Ireland. “A Natural Order” * 2013.

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, Denver, Colorado. “A Natural Order” * 2013.

Blue Sky Gallery Blue Sky Gallery, also known as The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, is a non-profit exhibition space for contemporary photography in Portland, Oregon. Blue Sky Gallery is dedicated to public education, began by showing local artists and ...

, Portland, Oregon. “A Natural Order” * 2013. Quinzaine Photographique Nantaise, Nantes, France. “A Natural Order” * 2013. Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece. “A Natural Order” * 2014. Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York, New York. “Frontcountry” * 2014. Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London, United Kingdom. “Frontcountry” * 2014. Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado. “Frontcountry” * 2014. MiCamera, Milan, Italy. “Frontcountry” * 2016. Jeonju International Photography Festival, Jeonju, South Korea. “A Natural Order” * 2017. Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London, United Kingdom. “Human Nature” * 2017. Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York, New York. “Human Nature” * 2018.

, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. “Human Nature” * 2018.

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, Sausalito, California. “Human Nature” * 2018.

, Chicago, Illinois. “Human Nature” * 2021. Public Installation, Milan, Italy. “Human Nature” * 2021. Photoclimat Biennale, Place du Palais Royal, Paris, France. “Human Nature”

Awards

*2006. Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Aaron Siskind Fellowship in Photography *2007.

Light Work Light Work is a photography center in Syracuse, New York. The artist-run nonprofit supports photographers through a community-access digital lab facility, residencies, exhibitions, and publications. History The organization is housed at Syra ...

, Artist in Residence *2008.

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, Photography Now *2008.

Magenta Foundation The Magenta Foundation is a charitable art publishing house based in Toronto. It was established in 2004 by MaryAnn Camilleri to publish work from both domestic and international emerging artists through exhibitions and publications. In 2005 the fo ...

, Flash Forward *2009.

Photo District News ''Photo District News'' (or ''PDN'') was an American monthly trade publication for professional photographers. ''PDN'' was first published in 1980. The publication took its name from New York City's photo district, an area of photo businesses tha ...

, PDN 30 *2012.

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, Shortlist *2014. Foam Talent *2014. Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, Aaron Siskind Foundation *2017. Syngenta Photography Award, Shortlist *2018.

, Artist in Residence *2019. Prix Pictet, Shortlist

Collections

Foglia's work is held in the following permanent collections: * Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany: 12 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

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, Stanford, CA: 10 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, located in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian ...

, Cleveland, OH: 7 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) * David Winton Bell Gallery of

, Providence, RI: 88 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

, Denver, CO: 13 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

Harvard Art Museums The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

, Cambridge, MA: 3 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

International Center for Photography The International Center of Photography (ICP), at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, consists of a museum for photography and visual culture and a school offering an array of educational courses and programming. ...

New York, NY: 42 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

, Syracuse, NY: 7 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California, Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Pa ...

, Los Angeles, CA: 14 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

Milwaukee Art Museum The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) is an art museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its collection contains nearly 25,000 works of art. Location and Visit Located on the lakefront of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum is one of the largest art museu ...

, Milwaukee, WI: 10 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

, Chicago, Illinois: 53 prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

Museum of Fine Arts Houston The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Build ...

, Houston, TX: 7 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 8 prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

, Portland, Oregon: 10 prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

Rhode Island School of Design Museum The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD Museum) is an art museum integrated with the Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence, Rhode Island, US. The museum was co-founded with the school in 1877, and still shares multiple build ...

, Providence, RI: 45 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art, and was ...

, San Francisco, CA: 5 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

Sheldon Museum of Art The Sheldon Museum of Art is an art museum in the city of Lincoln, in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. Its collection focuses on 19th- and 20th-century art. History Sheldon Art Association In 1888, The Sheldon Art Assoc ...

, Lincoln, NE: 6 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) * Comer Collection of Photography at

University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD or UT Dallas) is a public research university in Richardson, Texas. It is one of the largest public universities in the Dallas area and the northernmost institution of the University of Texas system. It wa ...

, Dallas, TX: 6 Prints (as of December 14, 2021) *

Victoria & Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, London, EN: 1 Print (as of December 14, 2021) *

, Woodstock, NY: 1 Print (as of December 14, 2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foglia, Lucas Landscape photographers American portrait photographers Photographers from New York (state) People from Long Island Yale School of Art alumni Living people 1983 births Date of birth missing (living people)