Thomas Michael Alleman Bio
Chronology
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Thomas Michael Alleman is a Los Angeles-based editorial, advertising and fine-art photographer.
Tom was born and raised in Detroit, where his father was a traveling salesman and his mother was a ceramic artist.
After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in English Literature, he began a 15-year career as a newspaper photographer, winning many local and national awards for his work.
Tom continues to shoot assignments for national magazines, as well as for corporate and advertising clients in Southern California. He’s currently finishing a book-length collection of black-and-white “urban landscapes” made in New York, titled “The Gilded Giant”. His book of Los Angeles urban landscapes, "Sunshine & Noir", is finished, and seeks a publisher.
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Awards
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1998
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Mark Twain Award for Overall Excellence in Photography,
Associated Press News Executives Council
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1996
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Third Place, Photographer of the Year,
Pictures of the Year, University of Missouri
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1995
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Los Angeles Newspaper Photographer of the Year,
Greater Los Angeles Area Press Photographer's Association
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1995
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California Newspaper Photographer of the Year,
California Press Photographer's Association
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Solo Exhibitions
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2009
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Sunshine & Noir,
Blue Sky Gallery,
Portland, OR
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2008
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Sunshine & Noir,
Robin Rice Gallery,
New York City, NY
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2006
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Sunshine & Noir,
Afterimage Gallery,
Dallas, TX
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2001
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Los Angeles, fin de siecle,
Perfect Exposure Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
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2000
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Los Angeles, fin de siecle,
Palos Verdes Art Center,
Palos Verdes, CA
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1999
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Los Angeles, fin de siecle,
Cerro Cosso College,
Ridgecrest, CA
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1998
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Los Angeles, fin de siecle,
University of La Verne,
LaVerne, CA
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1984
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Recent Photographs,
LightFantastic Gallery,
East Lansing, MI
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1983
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Recent Photographs,
Lansing Community College,
Lansing, MI
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Group Exhibitions
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2008
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This Side of Paradise,
Huntington Museum and Library,
San Marino, CA
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1983
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Myths & Masks,
Central Michigan University Art Gallery,
Mt Pleasant, MI
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Collections
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Huntington Museum, San Marino
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Kresge Art Gallery, EAST LANSING, MI
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Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
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Bibliography
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This Side of Paradise.
Jennifer Watts & Claudia Bohn-Spector. Merrill, London, England, 2008
(photo-eye Cat# MR035)
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Sweet Sicily.
Photographs by Thomas M. Alleman and Linda Lewis, Text by Victoria Granof. Harper Collins, New York, NY, 2001
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Best of Photojournalism, 1996.
Anthology. National Press Photographers Association, Durham, NC, 1997
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Best of Photojournalism, 1995.
Anthology. National Press Photographers Association, Durham, NC, 1996
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Education
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1979 - 1981
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Michigan State University, BA, Creative Writing
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1982 - 1984
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Lansing Community College, Non-degree program in Documentary Photography
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Studied with Nancy Stuart
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1994
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Santa Fe Photo Workshop, Documentary Photography
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Studied with David Alan Haravey
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Favorite Photography Books
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Unguided Tour,
Sylvia Plachy
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Freidlander,
Lee Freidlander
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Travelog,
Charles Harbutt
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The New West,
Robert Adams
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Uncommon Places,
Stephen Shore
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