Biography

Photographer Anderson B. English received his BFA from Ohio University in 1988 and his MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1994. Originally from Summit, New Jersey, Mr. English currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As an educator, Mr. English began teaching photography at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1996 and is now the Academic Department Director for Photography at the Art Institute. He is a member of the College Art Association and the Society for Photographic Education

Throughout Mr. English's professional career as a photographer, his images have straddled the line between editorial (photo reportage) and fine art photography. Bodies of work range from the passing and celebration of life to people in their environments, from the solemnity of a trainer and his boxers to photographs of the natural landscape. His work has been exhibited nationally in galleries and museums and is included in numerous private collections.

In May of 2005 Mr. English received a Greater Pittsburgh Artist Opportunity Grant in support of his fine art landscape work, "Retrieving the Scattered." Mr. English continues his relationship and ongoing documentation project for the Squam Lakes Conservation Society (New Hampshire), photographing lands for which the SLCS is protecting. In addition, he and his wife, Delanie Jenkins, have been working on a photographic collaboration entitled, "While Lila was Sleeping."