Christine Back

Selected Exhibitions

Imminent Existence: Critical Mass Top 50, Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW), Seattle, WA, March - June 2023.

Fifty Years of Inspiration & Impact: The Photographic Legacy of Klaus Schnitzer and his Students, Montclair State University, , Montclair, NJ, February 2020.

Humor in Art, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ, September 2011.

Destination New Jersey: People and Places, Clifton Arts Center, Clifton, NJ, September 2011.

13th Annual International Krappy Kamera Show, Soho Photo Gallery, juried by Phillip S. Block & Steve Rooney, New York, NY, March 2011.

Small Works, Soho Photo Gallery, juried by Richard Klein, 3rd place, New York, NY, February 2011.

In Habitation, Booksmart Studio, Rochester, NY, January 2011.

PQ: 100, Center for Photography at Woodstock, March-May 2010.

Bed, Umbrella Arts, juried by Harvey Stein, New York, NY, June 2009.

13th Juried Exhibition, The Griffin Museum, juried by Brian Paul Clamp, Winchester, MA, August 2007.

Montclair State University Group Show, The Patterson Museum, Patterson, NJ, 2006.

When We Were Young, Foley Gallery, New York, NY, July, 2005.

Small Matters of Great Importance, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY, 2004.

Photography 2004, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Award of Excellence, Nyack, NY, 2004.

24 American Photographers, Graz Tourismus, Graz, Austria, 2003.

The Precious Image: Contemporary Platinum Photography, Montclair State University Gallery, Upper Montclair, NJ, 1998.

Love and Technology, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria, 1997.

Christine Back & David Anderson, Maxwell’s, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1995.

Montclair Meets Manhattan, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, 1992 & 1994.

On Common Ground, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY, 1993.

Ellis Island: Documentation/Interpretation, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, Ellis Island, New York City, NY, 1990.

Selected Publications

PV Revisited, LenScratch, interview by Daniel George, September 19, 2023. 

Critical Mass Special Issue, fraction Magazine (on-line), October 31, 2022.

Relations, F-Stop Magazine (on-line), Issue #48, August 2011.

Loose Marbles: Images from the Jersey Shore, Vision Magazine, Beijing, China,

editor, Lina Wang, June 2010.

The Photo Review National Competition, juried by Katherine Ware, Curator of Photographs,

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Photo Review, volume 27, number 2.

Center for Photography at Woodstock, Photography Quarterly, cover, PQ# 83, 2002.

Summer Fling: The Timeless Lure of the Surf, Sand, and Seashells, The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, cover story, August 13,1995.

Awards

New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship, 2023

Critical MassTop 50, Photolucida,2022.

Recipientof Geraldine R. Dodge Summer Initiative Grant, 2005.

Education


Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ, Master of Arts in Teaching, 1998.

Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1988.

Festivals


CapeMay New Jersey State Film Festival, work shown in conjunction with film

Suzanne Muldowney:My Life as an Underdog(work also featured in film).

Experience


Teacher of Photography, Pascack Valley RegionalHigh School, Hillsdale, NJ, 1998-present.

Photographer’s Assistant, various commercialphotographers in New York & New Jersey, 1990-1996.

Freelance Editorial Photographer, clients includedNew Jersey Monthly Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, 1992-1998.

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