Nancy Floyd

Nancy Floyd, born in Monticello, Minnesota in 1956,[1] is an American photographer. Her photographic subjects mainly concern women and the female body during youth, pregnancy, and while aging. Her project She's Got a Gun comprises portraits of women and their firearms, which is linked to her Texas childhood. Floyd's work has been shown in 18 solo exhibitions and is held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography and the High Museum of Art.[2] Floyd is emeritus professor of photography at the Ernest G. Welch school of Art and Design at Georgia State University.[2]

Nancy Floyd
Born1956 (age 63–64)
Monticello, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhotographer

Education

Floyd received her BFA from the University of Texas at Austin. She then went on to receive her Master's degree from Columbia College Chicago and later her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.[2] Floyd is the Emeritus Professor of Photography at Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University.[3]

Photography

Weathering Time

Beginning in 1982, Floyd began photographing herself daily, taking more than 2,500 photos of herself.[4] These photographs focus on the female body, the passing of time and the loss of family members. Cultural and technological changes are also noted upon through her self-portraits through accompanying fashion and settings. The work is a reflection of Floyd's personal experiences with aging and mortality by documenting herself in her personal environment to record her own transformations over time. Floyd sought not only to document the passing of time but also to produce work that expressed information about her own generational context.[5] This specific series of work was exhibited in many different galleries and Floyd received multiple awards and scholarships for this series.

She's Got a Gun

To better understand her deceased brother and his love for firearms, Floyd purchased her own gun and discovered a love for the sport and the people she met through it. She began cataloging a visual history of women and guns. In 2008, Floyd published her first book titled, She's Got a Gun, which includes 35 images taken by Floyd of women with guns.[2] The book references American gun women, but it is also a memoir to her Texas childhood, since she lost her brother to the war at a very young age.

10.9

10.9 is another series of photographs that relates closely to Floyd's own love for firearms and the strong women she chooses to photograph. This collection displays images and videos of female competition shooters.[6]

The James M. Floyd Memorial

This series of work is a collection of photographs devoted to the brother that she lost when she was only twelve years old. These photographs explore Floyd's feelings about what happened to her brother who died while fighting for the army.[7]

Walking through the Desert with My Eyes Closed

This series of work displays a compilation of videos that Nancy has taken. These videos are primarily shot down looking at her feet or the ground, while she is walking through the desert. Some of these videos include music to go along with the work. [8]

Exhibitions

Nancy Floyd has exhibited 18 solo exhibitions and more than 70 group shows. Her exhibitions have been featured in the United States, Japan, and Europe,[9] and includes the following galleries:

Permanent collections

Floyd's work is held in the permanent collections of the following:

Awards and scholarships

List of awards and scholarships:[17]

  • 2018: Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship
  • 2017: Cue Art Foundation Weathering Time exhibition September 7 – October 21, 2017[18]
  • 2017: Finalist, Aperture Portfolio Prize
  • 2016: Cue Art Foundation Fellow: Selected for a solo exhibition at the CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY[19]
  • 2016: Recipient of the Atlanta Photography Group/ High Museum of Art Purchase Award
  • 2015: SPE Future Focus Project Support Grant, Society for Photographic Education in Cleveland, OH.
  • 2015: Artist-in-Residence, Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY
  • 2015: Artist-in-Residence, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA
  • 2014: John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2002: Artist Project Grant from the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs
  • Artist/writing residency at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA; Light Work, Syracuse, NY; and The Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, CA.[20]

Published work
  • She's Got a Gun, 2008
  • Featured in:[20]
    • Showing: Pregnancy in the Workplace, 2019[21]
    • Contact Sheet Journal
    • Game Face
    • Pregnant Pictures[22]
    • Heart Shots
    • Gun Women
    • Real Knockouts
    • Bombensicher: Atomic Photographers Guild
    • A Different Kind of War: Vietnam in Art
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References
  1. "Light Work Collection / Individual / Nancy Floyd [Floyd, Nancy]". collection.lightwork.org. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  2. "Atomic Photographers Guild Nancy Floyd". atomicphotographers.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  3. "Light Work Collection / Individual / Nancy Floyd [Floyd, Nancy]". collection.lightwork.org. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  4. "Nancy Floyd". AINT—BAD. September 1, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  5. Sims, Dave. "Weathering Time Statement". Nancy Floyd. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. Sims, Dave. "10.9 Statement". Nancy Floyd. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  7. Sims, Dave. "The James M. Floyd Memorial Statement". Nancy Floyd. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  8. Sims, Dave. "Walking Through the Desert with My Eyes Closed". Nancy Floyd. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  9. "Atomic Photographers Guild Nancy Floyd". atomicphotographers.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  10. "Weathering Time". Blue Sky Gallery. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  11. "Nancy Floyd". CUE Art Foundation. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  12. "At Whitespace, Nancy Floyd is artist and subject, archivist and curator". ARTS ATL. November 1, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  13. "Everyday Is Ordinary". Blue Star Contemporary. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  14. "Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists". MOCA GA. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  15. "Untitled". MOCP. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  16. "Nancy Floyd Awarded APG/High Museum Purchase Award". SPE National. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  17. LensCulture, Nancy Floyd |. "Nancy Floyd". LensCulture. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  18. "Nancy Floyd". CUE Art Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  19. "CUE Art Foundation". CUE Art Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  20. "Nancy Floyd". Spenational.org. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  21. workingassumptions.org (2019). "Showing: Pregnancy in the Workplace". Showing: Pregnancy in the Workplace. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  22. Matthews, Sandra (2000). Pregnant Pictures. Durham, NC: Routledge. pp. 95–7. ISBN 978-0415921206.
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