Robbie McClaran is a documentary and fine art photographer whose work focuses on the American people and
landscape. His work has been widely exhibited and published, appearing in numerous magazines throughout the
world.

He began his study in photography in 1975 at the Center for Photographic Studies and continued at the Visual Studies
Workshop in Rochester NY where he studied with Joan and Nathan Lyons as well as many others.

Robbie’s work is held in several private and public collections including Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery,
Portland Art Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art and Memphis Brooks Art Museum. The prints from his
controversial book project Angry White Men are in the permanent collection of the University of Oregon.

His commissioned work has appeared in such diverse publications as Smithsonian, The New York Times Magazine,
Vanity Fair, Time, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Bloomberg, and Forbes.

His work has been featured in The Oxford American, Lenscratch, Plazm, Juxtapoz, Photo District News, The Photo
Review, ID Design, and has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, American Photography, The
New York Art Director’s Club, Graphis and Communication Arts. Robbie was a 2015 Critical Mass finalist.

He lives, works and teaches in Oregon with his wife, Designer / Illustrator Lydia Hess.

Born: 1955, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Education: The Center for Photographic Studies, Louisville, KY 1975-1976
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY; 1976-1978

Collections:
National Portrait Gallery – Smithsonian
Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon
New Orleans Museum of Art
Center for Creative Photography
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Memphis Brooks Art Museum
University of Oregon, Special Collections Library, Eugene Oregon
Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis
Oregon Capitol Collection
Louisiana State Museum
Holter Museum of Art, Helena Montana
The Arkansas Arts Center
Visual Studies Workshop
Indie Photobook Library

Selected Exhibitions:
2023 – Revelstoke Visual Arts Center, Revelstoke British Columbia
2022 – Moscow Contempoary – Moscow Idaho
2022 – Lightbox Photographic - Solo
2022 – University of Portland Buckley Center Gallery - Solo
2021 – Pushdot Studio, - Solo
2019 - “Qualities of Light”, Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon, AZ
2019 – Bullseye Projects Gallery, Portland - Solo
2018 – “New Year’s Day” Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, Oregon - Solo
2017 – “Recent Acquisitions” - Portland Art Museum
2017 – “A Place in Time, Selections from the Permanent Collection” - Ogden Museum of Southern Art
2017- Ft Collins Museum of Art (group – Speaking Volumes)2016 - InFocus – Phoenix Art Museum (group)
2016 – “Currents” (group), Ogden Museum of Southern Art
2016 - "Celebrating the Music Triangle", New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival / New Orleans Photo Alliance
2016 – “PDX 30” – Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, Oregon (Juried Group)
2016 – “People of the Northwest” – Chehalis Cultural Center, Newberg, Oregon (Juried Group)
2016 – Blue Sky Gallery Northwest Viewing Drawers – “July 4th, Rockaway Beach” – (Juried Group)
2015 - Severio Gallery / PhotoNOLA, New Orleans – Mardi Gras 1979 (Solo)
2015 – Houston Center for Photography (Juried Group)
2015 - Living Arts, Tulsa OK – Speaking Volumes (Group)
2015 - Blue Sky Gallery - Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Hot Rod (Juried Selection)
2014 - The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA - “Ordinary People” (Solo Show)
2014 - Lightbox Gallery, Astoria Oregon – “Delta / From Here On” (Solo Show)
2014 - Newspace Center for Photography – Art of Work – (Juried Group)
2014 - Blue Sky Gallery - Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Portland, Oregon, juried selection
2014 - Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont – “The Human Altered Landscape”
2014 - New Orleans Photo Alliance – Masquerade – (Juried Group Show)
2013 - Newspace Center for Photography “From Here On” (Solo Show)
2013 - Gotthelf Art Gallery, San Diego Center for Jewish Culture – San Diego, CA - Speaking Volumes (Group)
2013 - Newspace Center for Photography, Juried Exhibition (Group)
2013 - Blue Sky Gallery - Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Portland, Oregon, juried selection
2013 - Lightbox Gallery, Astoria Oregon, Juried group show.
2012 - Newspace Center for Photography – Member’s Showcase –Juried Selection
2012 - Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Invitational (Invitational Group)
2009 - Louisville Photo Biennial, Actor’s Theater Gallery – Louisville, KY (Group)
2008 - Holter Museum of Art, Helena Montana - Speaking Volumes (Curated Group Show & Traveling Exhibit)
2008 - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon - Angry White Men (Solo)
2001 - SK Josefsberg Studio - Portland, Oregon - Mid-Career Retrospective (Solo)
1999 - Forbes Gallery, New York City, (Group)
1999 - S.K Josefsberg Studio – Portland, Oregon - Surf (Group)
1998 - Harvest; AIGA Biennial, Portland, Oregon (Group)
1998 - Visual Studies Workshop – Rochester, NY - Angry White Men (Solo)
1997 - Powell’s Books Gallery – Portland, Oregon - Angry White Men (Solo)
1997 - Saba Gallery – New York City (Solo)
1996 - Submit; AIGA Biennial – Portland, Oregon (Group)
1994 - AIGA Biennial – Portland, Oregon (Group)
1992 - Tabula Rasa Gallery, Seattle, Washington – Away From Home; The Work of Four Photographers
1986 - Allen Street Gallery – Dallas, Texas - States of Texas (Group)
1978 - Franklin Furnace – New York, NY – Artists Books (Group)
1978 – Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, NY (Group)

Books – Editions
Mardi Gras, 1979: 2015
New Years Day: 2015
Barrow: 2015
From Here On: 2013
Delta: 2012
New Year’s Day: 2008
Ordinary People; 2002
Angry White Men; 1996
Paquime / Pine Bluff; 1994
Atget's Gardens; 1981
Greetings From Rochester; 1978
Un-identified Non-Flying Objects; 1977

Press / Reviews:
“The Great River of the West” - Loeil de la Photographie
“The Great River of the West” – One Twelve
“Hot Rod Heaven” – Smithsonian Magazine – July 2019
“Mardi Gras 1979” – Know Louisiana, by David Johnson - December 2015
“All American Soap Box Derby” – Slate.com – Feb. 2015
“Hot Rod” – Lenscratch, January 2015
Don’t Take Pictures – “PhotoNola 2014” December 2014
Oxford American, Eyes On The South – Robbie McClaran, Delta
“Mardi Gras in 1979” This Is The What, March 2014
“From Here On” Lenscratch, January 31, 2014
“10 Minutes With Robbie McClaran” : Kate Osba, This Is The What Blog, September 2011
“Interview With A Photographer”, TMTPW Blog, Jennifer Stoots, 2011:
“Ordinary People”; Plazm # 29 2008
“Photographer Stays Out of the Picture”; by Steven Blair, Portland Tribune, August 2001
“Angry White Men”; by Jean Dykstra, The Photo Review, Fall 1997
“Best of Show - Angry White Men”: I.D. Design Annual, Spring 1997
“We, The Very Angry People”; by Bill Donahugh, The New York Times Magazine, April 1997
“Angry White Men”; Creativity, April 1997
“Do the Right Thing”; by Mark Lapin,Photo District News, March 1997
“White Flag on a Gray Backdrop”; by Steve DuinThe Oregonian, February 13, 1997
“It's a Black and White Issue”; by Randy GraggThe Oregonian, February 12, 1997
“Angry White Men”; by Randy GraggThe Oregonian, December 17, 1996
“Mad as Hell”; by Jaqueline McCarthyWillamette Week, October 30, 1996
“Robbie McClaran's Seperate Reality”; by Kinney Littlefield,Dallas Morning News, September 6, 1987

Teaching / Workshops / Lectures:
Newspace Center for Photography – various classes 2010 – 2017
Pacific Northwest College of Art – Baccalaureate Mentorship 2019, Guest instructor 2018, Documentary /
Photojournalism, 2009,- 2010 - Portraits and People, 2004 - Color Photography, 2003
Portland Art Museum, Photo Council Portfolio Reviews – reviewer - 2017
Clark College, Guest instructor Lighting - 2015
Photolucida Portfolio Reviews, _reviewer – 2009, 2011, 2019
Newspace Center for Photography – “20 Years After Angry White Men” – March 2017
Portland Art Museum – Brown Bag Lecture Series - October 2014
Portland Art Museum – Brown Bag Lecture Series - October 2011
University of Oregon – Journalism Dept. - October, 2010
Society for Photographic Education, NW Conference, October 2010
Photolucida – April 2009
University of Oregon –- April, 2008
Northwest Journalism Conference - 2005
PhotoAmericas - 2002
Leica Historical Society National Convention - 2002
Visual Studies Workshop – 2000
New York University – Photojournalism Dept. - 1997
Powell’s Books, Portland OR -1997
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland OR – 1996