# Shane Lavalette

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{{short description|American photographer (born 1987)}}
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| birth_place   = [Burlington, Vermont](/source/Burlington%2C_Vermont), US
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'''Shane Lavalette''' (born 1987) is an American photographer.

==Life and work==
Lavalette was born in [Burlington, Vermont](/source/Burlington%2C_Vermont). He studied photography at [Tufts University](/source/Tufts_University) and the [School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](/source/School_of_the_Museum_of_Fine_Arts%2C_Boston), where he received a BFA in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smfa.edu/alumni-web-sites |title=SMFA Boston |publisher=Smfa.edu |access-date=2013-12-13 |archive-date=2010-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219225227/http://www.smfa.edu/alumni-web-sites |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2010, he was commissioned by the [High Museum of Art](/source/High_Museum_of_Art) in Atlanta to contribute to their ''Picturing the South'' series,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.high.org/Press/Press-Releases/2011/December/High-Commissions-Three-New-Photographers-for-Picturing-the-South-Series.aspx |title=High Commissions Three New Photographers for "Picturing the South" Series |publisher=High.org |access-date=2013-12-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202041036/http://www.high.org/Press/Press-Releases/2011/December/High-Commissions-Three-New-Photographers-for-Picturing-the-South-Series.aspx |archive-date=2017-02-02 }}</ref> His work was exhibited there in 2012 and received media coverage from [CNN](/source/CNN),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/23/photographer-captures-sounds-of-the-south/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425044404/http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/23/photographer-captures-sounds-of-the-south/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 25, 2012|title=Photographer captures sounds of the South – CNN Photos Blogs|work=CNN Photos Blogs |access-date=2013-12-13}}</ref> ''[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lightbox.time.com/2012/06/08/shane-lavalette/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610003508/http://lightbox.time.com/2012/06/08/shane-lavalette/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2012 |title=Shane Lavalette: Musical Heritage in the New South - LightBox|publisher=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine)) |date=2012-06-08 |access-date=2013-12-13}}</ref> ''[NPR](/source/NPR)'',<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Neill |first=Claire|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/06/22/155360566/how-would-you-picture-the-south|title=How Would You 'Picture The South'? : The Picture Show |publisher=NPR |date=2012-06-22|access-date=2013-12-13}}</ref> and ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times).''<ref name="Times">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/arts/design/picturing-the-south-photos-at-high-museum-in-atlanta.html | title=The South From Many Angles | work=The New York Times | date=June 21, 2012 | access-date=17 December 2013 | author=Kino, Carol}}</ref> His book ''One Sun, One Shadow'' is an extension of this body of work.

In 2011, Lavalette was hired as the associate director of [Light Work](/source/Light_Work), a non-profit photography organization in [Syracuse, New York](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York). He was appointed director two years later, in 2013.<ref name="light work website-moves forward">{{cite web | url=http://www.lightwork.org/news/light-work-moves-forward/ | title=Light Work Moves Forward | publisher=Light Work | date=16 May 2013 | access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref>  At Light Work, Lavalette oversaw the organization's Artist-in-Residence Program, exhibitions, and publication of ''Contact Sheet'', a photography journal.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gregory Eddi Jones &middot; Jun 06, 2013 |url=http://petapixel.com/2013/06/06/interview-with-shane-lavalette-the-new-director-of-light-work/ |title=Interview with Shane Lavalette, The New Director of Light Work |publisher=Petapixel.com |date=2013-06-06 |access-date=2013-12-13}}</ref> Lavelette left Light Work in February 2021.<ref name="light work website-a new chapter a warm goodbye">{{cite web | url=https://www.lightwork.org/news/a-new-chapter-a-warm-goodbye/ | title=A New Chapter A Warm Goodbye | publisher=Light Work | date=16 January 2021 | access-date=17 May 2026}}</ref>

In 2017, Lavalette was commissioned by Fotostiftung Schwiz to follow the footsteps of the Swiss photographer [Theo Frey](/source/%3Ade%3ATheo_Frey) to investigate the same villages Frey documented in 1939 for the Swiss National Exhibition (Schweizerische Landesausstellung); Carona, Gais, Ruderswill, Saignelegier, Saint-Saphorin, Sainte-Croix, Schwyz, Stammheim, Vicosoprano, Visperterminen, Wil and Zuoz that resulted in the book ''Still (Noon)'', published by Patrick Frey in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://photobookjournal.com/2019/09/05/shane-lavalette-still-noon/|title=Shane Lavalette – Still (Noon)|date=2019-09-05|website=PhotoBook Journal|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>

==Publications==
===Publications by Lavalette===
*''One Sun, One Shadow.'' Self-published, 2016. With a text by [Tim Davis](/source/Tim_Davis_(artist)). Edition of 1500 copies. {{ISBN|978-0-9842973-4-4}}.
*''Still (Noon).'' Patrick Frey, 2018. Edition of 1000 copies. {{ISBN|978-3-906803-65-4}}.

===Publications with contribution by Lavalette===
*''reGeneration2: Tomorrow's Photographers Today.'' London: [Thames & Hudson](/source/Thames_%26_Hudson), 2010. {{ISBN|9780500288894}}.
*''Photographs Not Taken: A Collection of Photographers' Essays.'' Chapel Hill, NC: [Daylight](/source/Daylight_magazine), 2012. By [Will Steacy](/source/Will_Steacy). Second revised edition. {{ISBN|978-0-983231-61-5}}. With an introduction by Lyle Rexer.
*''Unfamiliar Familiarities—Outside Views on Switzerland.'' Zürich: Lars Müller, 2017. Edited by Peter Pfrunder, Lars Willumeit, and [Tatyana Franck](/source/Tatyana_Franck). {{ISBN|978-3-03778-510-2}}. A six-volume set: one volume by Lavalette and the others by [Alinka Echeverría](/source/Alinka_Echeverr%C3%ADa), [Eva Leitolf](/source/Eva_Leitolf), [Simon Roberts](/source/Simon_Roberts_(photographer)), and [Zhang Xiao](/source/Zhang_Xiao_(photographer)), plus a text volume in English, German, and French. Published to accompany an exhibition at Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur, Switzerland and [Musée de l'Élysée](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_de_l'%C3%89lys%C3%A9e), Lausanne, Switzerland.
*''LOST II (LOST, Syracuse)''. New York: Kris Graves Projects, 2019. Includes a poem by [Carrie Mae Weems](/source/Carrie_Mae_Weems) and a text by Arthur Flowers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.krisgravesprojects.com/store/lostii|title=LOST II - Full Set|website=+ KGP|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.krisgravesprojects.com/store/syracuse|title=Syracuse by Shane Lavalette|website=+ KGP|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref>

==Awards==
*[Yousuf Karsh](/source/Yousuf_Karsh) Prize in Photography, [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts%2C_Boston), 2009<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web|url=http://smfa.edu/2009-karsh-prize-winners-announced |title=2009 Karsh Prize Winners Announced |publisher=Smfa.edu |date=2009-02-17 |access-date=2013-12-14}}</ref>
* Focus Award: Rising Star, [Griffin Museum of Photography](/source/Griffin_Museum_of_Photography), 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://griffinmuseum.org/focus_awards.htm |title=Griffin Museum 8th Annual Focus Awards 10-19-2013 |publisher=Griffinmuseum.org |access-date=2013-12-13}}</ref>
*Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2019<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.artforum.com/news/pollock-krasner-foundation-awards-more-than-3-million-in-grants-79438|title=POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION AWARDS MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN GRANTS|date=April 17, 2019|work=ARTFORUM}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.artnews.com/2019/04/17/pollock-krasner-foundation-grants-lee-krasner-award/|title=Pollock-Krasner Foundation Names Winners of $3 M. in Grants|date=April 17, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website}}

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