Lens-based artist Shawn Bush grew up in Detroit, Michigan, whose civic history and geography continue to shape his exploration of space within the American sociopolitical landscape. His photographs, videos, and large-format collages respond to overbuilt systems, failing icons, and crumbling mythologies. Bush holds an MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago. His honors include a 2020 Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship, the 2017 Lenscratch Student Prize, and the 2016 T.C. Colley Grant. His debut artist book, A Golden State, won first prize in the handmade category at the 2016 Lucie Photobook Prize and is held in several museum collections. Bush is the founder of Dais Books and Associate Professor of Photography at Casper College.
Color photograph of a ladder leading out of a cave into the light.
Additional Artworks
From Colorado Photographic Arts Center
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Thomas Carr
Miner's Cabin, Lemhi Valley, ID 2002, 2002
Gelatin Silver Print
20 x 16 in (paper)
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Hal Gould
Ming-Dog Tree - Bristle Cone Pine; Mount Goliath, Colorado, 1988
Archival Gelatin Silver Print
17.25 x 14 in
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John Arden
Modern Life Lines, 1977
Gelatin Silver Print
18 x 15.5 in
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Howard Freeman Crocker
Molly Brown House Detail, 1971, 1971
Gelatin Silver Print
8 x 10 in (paper)
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Imogen Cunningham
Minor White, Photographer, 1963
Gelatin Silver Print
14 x 11 in (paper)
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Ansel Adams
Mirror Lake, 1937
Gelatin Silver Print
16 x 20 in (paper)
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Owen O'Meara
Molly Seated #2
Gelatin Silver Print
6 x 4.25 in
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Steve DePalma
Moment of Joy
Gelatin Silver Print
18 x 12 in