Gary Dwyer first studied photography at Syracuse University where he earned
simultaneous degrees in Landscape Architecture and Fine Arts. He teaches courses that are
often interdisciplinary and include topics of urban design, graphic design, portfolio
production, drawing and photography.
Before turning his efforts entirely to photography in 1994, he had a career as a sculptor
that allowed him to do large scale commissions in numerous countries.
In 1987 he photographed two climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. In 1992 He
photographed the Botanical Survey Project on Baffin Island, Northwest Territories in the
Canadian Arctic and in 1994 documented World Heritage Sites for UNESCO in Vietnam.
In 2004 he was one of the Winners of the Project Earth Photographic Competition. Santa Fe
Center for Photography (now CENTER) And he received a Lucie Award for Advertising
photography.
In 2005, while a Resident Artist at the American Academy in Rome, he photographed
Architecture in Danger of Disappearing in Italy, for The World Monuments Fund. The Work
was published in their magazine (Icon) and exhibited at their galleries in Paris and New
York.
His work has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, the Oakland Museum
in California and is in the collection of La Maison Européenne de la Photographie in
Paris and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
In 2007 his work was exhibited in Atlántica Colectivas, the Photographic Biennial in
Tenerife in the Canary Islands. And in 2008 his work was included in the Photographic
Biennial in Nancy, France. And the Exhibition Images ’08 in Vevey, Switzerland
He has published fifteen photographic books since 2007. They are available on lulu.com
and Blurb.com
