Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, March 18, 1941
EDUCATION
Boston University School for the Arts, 1967-1970, BFA
Harvard University Extension College, 1964-66
Guilford College, North Carolina, 1961-64.
TEACHING AFFILIATIONS
Commonwealth School, Boston, Ma. 1972-1991, 1993 to present.
National College of Art, Lahore Pakistan 1991-1993
ONE & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
MEDITECH GALLERY, ,Meditech Canton Ma. Two Person Exhibition, 2006
THROUGH A HOLE, Belan Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence Ma 2003
BENT & TARNISHED, One Person Show, SAS Gallery, St. Andrews - Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN, 2002
TARNISHED & BLEACHED, Two Person Show, University Gallery, Two Person Show, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI University, 2001
GATHERINGS (paintings and photographs), Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, La. November, 1999, 1995
ALTERED CAMERAS, ALTERED IMAGES, Photographic Resource Center,
Project Room, Boston, MA 1998 (Two Person Exh.)
BENT CITIES, Urban Pinhole Photographs, Photography Gallery, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 1998
AN EXHIBITION OF PINHOLE CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma., 1997
PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM BOSTON AND PAKISTAN, Gallery One, New England School of Photography, Boston, Ma. 1995
BEYOND THE INSTANT IMAGE (pinhole and double exposed photographs), American Center, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1993
MONOPRINTS, Rhotas Gallery, Islamadad, Pakistan, 1993
INTERIORS GALLERY (drawings and prints), Islamabad, Pakistan, 1992
TALER GALLERY FORT, Barcelona Spain, 1985.
PLUM GALLERY, Kensington, MD. 1990 (pinhole photographs), 1988, 1985(two person), 1982, 1980, 1978,
ASSEMBLIGES:(group show),
POUSELT GALLERY, New Orleans, LA.(two person) 1985, Small Works 1987
- SELECTED GROUP, INVITATIONAL AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
BLACK & WHITE vs COLOR , Distillery Gallery, South Boston,, Ma, 2008
PROOF: in B&W - a B&W photography show, SPACE@16 Gallery, Malden, Ma, 2006
ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 2000, 2001, 2002,
2004, group show 2003, 2005, 2006
AN EXHIBITION OF PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY: Four Pinhole Photographers, Museum of the History of photography, Krakow, Poland, Jan 14 - February 27, 2005
W A L T E R C R U M P
ZPAF Gallery : Two Pinhole Photographers, Krakow, Poland, Jan 14 – February 27 2005
ACQUIRED TASTES: 200 YEARS OF COLLECTING FOR THE BOSTON ATHENÆUM., The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA February 13 – July 13, 2007
TREE IN LANDSCAPE: Panopticon Gallery, Waltham MA, May – July 2005
POINTS OF VIEW,: Art Works Gallery, New Bedford, MA 2004
THE PROSPECT OF LIGHT: Images from Plastic & Pinhole Cameras, The University of
Maine Museum of Art in Bangor. Bangor ME, Jan 23 - March 27 2004 & The Art Gallery,
University of New Hampshire, Jan 20 - April 20 2005
THE GRIFFIN MSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY 10TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Winchester Ma, December 11 – February 27 2003
PHOTOPLAY: THREE ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS; Art Complex at Duxbury,
Duxbury, MA; August 31 – November 2 2003
MILLENNIAL BOSTON: 15 ARTISTS VIEW THE CITY, The Boston Athenaeum, Boston,
MA , September 9 – November 29, 2003
THE PASSION OF ZAHOOR UL AKHLAQ, THAKHTI EXHIBITION, Art Gallery of
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, September 13 - October 26, 2003
LIGHTSTRUCK, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC, 2002
PRINT CENTER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2000 & 2002, and at: Long Beach Island Foundation Of The Arts, Loveladies, NJ 2000
THE TAKHTI EXHIBITION, Gallerie Sadeguin, Karachi, Pakistan 2001
NORTH AVENEU BRIDGE EXHIBIT, North Avenue Bridge, Boston MA, 2001
PINHOLE MADNESS, (Four Person Exhibition) Emmanuel College, Boston MA, 2001
NEW ENGLAND PHOTOGRAPHY 2001, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA 2001
BOSTON DRAWING PROJECT, Curated by James Hull @ Bernie Toale Gallery, Boston MA, 2001
MANIFEST 2001, Copley Society, Boston, MA 2001
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL IMAGE BIENNIAL, East Carolina University, Greenville NC, 2001
WHY PINHOLE, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, 2001
PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW, LBCC GALLERY, Linn-Benton Community College,Albany OR, 1999
BOSTON PHOTOGRAPHERS, Wiggens Gallery, Boston Public Library, 1999
VAULT SERIES: BIRDS, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA 1998
GLEANING LIGHT, An survey of Contemporary Pinhole Photography, Photographic Archives Gallery, Dallas Texas, 1996; Photographic Center, Washington D.C 1997
MONOPRINTS, American Center, Karachi, Pakistan, 1993, 1992
AMERICAN/VIETNAMESE PRINTS, Hanoi, Socialists Republic of Vietnam, 1991
FIRST CAD FRIO PRINT INTERNATIONAL, Cad Frio, Brazil, 1983
GRANTS
HUGHES GRANT 2005.2007
FULBRIGHT FELLOW 1991-1993
INGRAM MERRILL FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP, 1975-1976
COLLECTIONS
MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Krakow, Poland,
THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MUSEUM OF ART IN BANGOR. Bangor ME,
THE ART COMPLEX AT DUXBURY, Duxbury, Ma.
BOSTON ATHENAEUM, Boston, MA
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ARtT, Philadelphia, PA
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, (Smithsonian), Washington, DC
FOGG ART MUSEUM, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART, Raleigh, NC
DANFORTH MUSEUM, Fitchburg, MA
CORNING MUSEUM, Corning, NY
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ART, HANOI, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, Print, Drawing & Photography Collection, Boston, MA
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette IN
PINHOLE RESOURCE CENTER, San Larenzo, NM.
SOUTHEASTERN CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Winston-Salem, NC
MEDITECH, Canton, MA
FIDELITY INVESTMENT CORPORATION, Boston, MA
CITY CORP WORLD HEADQUARTERS
SPERRY RAND CORPORATION
INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL
Public and Private Collections throughout the US, Europe, Pakistan, the Middle East and Australia
SELECTED BOOKS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS & MISC.
”STENOPE” Published by Photo Poche Press, An international overview of Pinhole Photography, includes
images of my pinhole cameras &a pinhole photograph. 2007
”MORPHOLOGY” Published by BlazeVox Press, Photographs by Walter Crump and Poems & Photographs by
Ruth Lepson 2007
Co Curator (with Jesseca Ferguson) “SEVEN PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM POLAND” Gallery at Art
Institute of Boston, Boston, Ma, January 2007University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA. Summer
2007, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. October 2007
“Covered Car & Cat”, Holgar Camera Photograph SHOTS MAGAZINE#93, Autumn 2006
Artists Talk: Color Symposium, Meditech, Canton, MA October 2006
Pinhole Photographs included in: “New Dimensions in Photo Processes, Fourth Edition:” by Laura Blacklow,
published by Focal Press, 2006
Pinhole Photographs included in: “Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition I:” edited by Malin Fabbri,
Published by LuLu Press, 2006
Alternative Photo & Pinhole Workshop at the Society for Photographic Education Conference, Newport RI,
March 2004
Pinhole Photographs included in:” Adventures with Pinhole and Home-Made Cameras” by John Evans, published by RotoVision 2003
Panel Discussion on Urban Photography, Boston Athenaeum, October 25 2003
Gallery One /PRC Word-Image Lecture Series, PRC, Boston, MA. October 22 2003
Pinhole Workshop, Rhode Island College, April 2002
Photography & Printmaking Workshop, St Andrews School, Sewanee, TN, 2002
Photography Painting Workshops, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
April, 2000, November 2000, November 2001
Mississippi Art Colony, Guest Instructor, September 2000
Guest Artist, Snobandslob Webzine, http://www.geocities.com/snobandslob/Rusty.photos.html
Pinhole Workshop, Cape Cod Photo Workshops, Eastham MA, August, 1999
Pinhole Workshop, University of Rhode Island, 1998
Specialist Reviewer for Fulbright Art Applications 1997:
Co-Curator of “Out of Pakistan Exhibition”, AAMARP Gallery, Boston, MA 1995
Karachi School of Art, Monoprint Workshop, 1993
American Center, Islamabad, Pinhole Workshop, 1993