ELLISVILLE – Jones College’s Art Department will be hosting photographer Micah Green and his cohorts in an “Art Talk” on Tuesday, September 17, at 1:30 p.m. in the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery. The images Green and his colleagues will have on display at Jones College includes pictures from their travels to Bangladesh to cover the Alliance of Smiles project. The entire collection will be on display from September 16, until October 18, in the Eula Bass Lewis Art Gallery on the Ellisville campus. Additionally, Green will be speaking at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel on September 19, and he will hold a workshop on Friday, September 20.
Green was born in Texas and lived much of his childhood in Laurel, Mississippi. He graduated from Mississippi State University and began taking photographs while working at The Commercial Dispatch, a small, short-staffed newspaper during the worst years of business for print media. Since then, Green has freelanced for local newspapers around the South, and has clients like The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Reuters, along with numerous regional publications. Self-taught through experimentation, Green’s daily observations through his camera lens have given him a better understanding of and ties to the region he calls home.
Last year, Green had a photo chosen to be a part of the 39th edition of the American Photography Annual and the photo was part of an exhibit at the selection show in New York City in November 2023. He was also recently chosen to be the first photographer represented by a fine art gallery based in Mississippi. A selection of his work from across the American South is available through The Caron Gallery. According to Gulf Coast Media, the American Photography Annual is a hardcover, juried annual that offers an expansive view with hundreds of images selected from thousands of entries. The contest is regarded by creative professionals as the “book of record” and the best “source for today’s top image-makers.”
Green’s selected photo details a steer wrestling practice he captured on assignment for a 2022 story on Robertsdale Alabama high school graduate Drew Clukey, who signed to Southeastern Oklahoma State University on a rodeo scholarship. The photograph is of his friend, Josh Hyatt, in Elsanor at Luke Campbell’s farm.
American Photography, and its illustration counterpart American Illustration, “are the premier showcases for editorial, advertising, book, poster, design, animation, fine art, unpublished and student work created by established, emerging and student illustrators and photographers.” The images in this annual selection include everything from unpublished works to Prince Harry’s book cover portrait, from the aftermath of tragedy like gun violence and the war in Ukraine to high fashion and celebrity portraiture.
