Theo Anderson born 1951
received an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Temple University in
1974 and in 1977 began a
doctorate program in Government at Lehigh University. He left
Graduate School to pursue a career in photography in 1978. Based in
Allentown, PA, he has photographed around the world on self-assignments and
assignments for corporate and institutional clients. His work is represented in private and public collections
including Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Amon Carter Museum of American Art,
Allentown Art Museum, Lehigh University and Haverford College. He has published
over twenty artist books, some of which are in Special Collections at the
Lutnick Library Haverford College.
Anderson’s exhibition of 30 large format color pigment
photographs of Great Lakes Landscape made between 2010 and 2016 are from a
larger series titled: AMERICAN EPISODES. He provides the following explanation
for his work: The photographs are not so
much about place as they are about transformation. The context of everyday
American life is used in my visual exploration. Working without an itinerary,
free of constraints and immersed in the moment, serendipity is my guide. The
search began in the early twenty-first century and is expressed in a myriad of
episodes that inform my life.