Photography

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2018 GONE: Gallier Historic House: New Orleans, Louisiana

  • 2011 GONE: Southside Gallery: Oxford, Mississippi

  • 2011 GONE: David Lusk Gallery annex: Memphis, Tennessee

  • 2009 GONE: American Institute of Architects Gallery & LAND/ART: Albuquerque, New Mexico

  • 2006 GONE: Bartlett Performing Arts Center: Bartlett, Tennessee

  • 2006 GONE: Southside Gallery: Oxford, Mississippi

  • 2006 KATRINA: Southside Gallery: Oxford, Mississippi

Group Exhibitions

  • 2022 ANIMALIA: A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas

  • 2022 BIG PICTURE Natural World Photography Exhibition: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California.

  • 2021 TOY STORIES: Analog Forever Magazine

  • 2018 5TH BIENNIAL OF FINE ART and DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY: Gallery Valid Foto: Barcelona, Spain

  • 2018 THE WORLD THROUGH MY EYES: Gallery Valid Foto: Barcelona, Spain

  • 2017 JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARD FOR WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS: Gallery Valid Foto: Barcelona, Spain

  • 2012 CURRENTS: Ogden Museum of Southern Art: New Orleans, Louisiana

  • 2010 SLOW EXPOSURES: R.F. Strickland: Concord, Georgia

  • 2010 SOLE MATES: The New Mexico Museum of Art: Santa Fe, New Mexico (Permanent Collection)

  • 2010 UNDER SEIGE: Kala Art Institute Gallery: Berkeley, California

  • 2008 PLEASE RING BELL: Photographic Center Northwest: Seattle, Washington

  • 2008 PhotoSpiva: Spiva Center for the Arts: Joplin, Missouri

  • 2006 GONE: Southside Gallery: Oxford, Mississippi

  • 2006 KATRINA: Southside Gallery: Oxford, Mississippi

Collections

  • New Mexico Museum of Art

  • George Eastman House

  • Contemporary Works/Vintage Works

  • Estate of Robert Hicks

  • Estate of Patrick Nagatani

  • Estate of Shelby Foote

Honors & Awards

  • 2023 AI GENERATED IMAGES: Bronze Medal, Budapest International Foto Awards (International Juried Competition)

  • 2022 LANDSCAPES, WATERSCAPES, and FLORA: Finalist, The Big Picture (International Juried Competition)

  • 2022 WILDLIFE SERIES: Honorable Mention: 15th Annual International Color Awards (International Juried Competition)

  • 2017 WILDLIFE SERIES: Winner: Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers (International Juried Exhibition)

  • 2011 THE SOUTH: Honorable Mention: Slow Exposures (National Juried Exhibition)

  • 2008 OUR WORLD: Photo Alliance: San Francisco, California (National Juried Portfolio Review)

  • 2004 GONE: Individual Artist Grant: Mississippi Arts Commission: Jackson, Mississippi

Bibliography

  • Dickerson, Nell. Porch Dogs: John F. Blair, Publisher. 2013.

  • Dickerson, Nell. Gone: A Photographic Plea for Preservation: BelleBooks. 2011.

  • Dickerson, Nell. DISUNION: What Remains (Photographic Essay): New York Times, December 2011.

  • Dickerson, Nell. THE CALM AFTER (Photographic Essay): The NOLA Defender, November 2011.

  • Dickerson, Nell. PROTECT AND DEFEND (Text Essay) Memphis Magazine. May 2006: 41.

  • Dickerson, Nell. ON THE WATERFRONT (Photographic Essay) Memphis Magazine. May 2006: 57

  • Cook, Elizabeth. HAUNTING IMAGES (Review): Salisbury Post, October 2011.

  • Haskell Harris. FALLEN HOMES OF THE CIVIL WAR (Review): Garden and Gun. April 2011.

  • Gill, Leonard. REMAINS OF THE DAY (Review): Memphis Magazine. May 2011.

  • Joseph Traugott, SOLE MATES: Cowboy Boots and Art. University of New Mexico Press. 2010: 61.

  • Lippard, Lucy. LAND/ART: NEW MEXICO. 2010: 17.

  • Sempere, Thom. OUR WORLD (Catalog) 2008: 17-18.

  • Donahue, Michael. EYE ON AN ERA The Commercial Appeal. September 22, 2006: M1.

  • Warner, Mary. THE ARCHITECTURE OF ART (Review): Oxford Town July 2006: Cover, 10.

  • Warner, Mary. A PART OF ART (Review): Oxford Town June 2006: 12.

Education

  • Masters of Architecture

    University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, NM

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts

    Film & Photography

    San Francisco Art Institute

    San Francisco, CA

  • Bachelor of Arts

    Anthropology & Ethnographic Photography

    Southern Methodist University

    Dallas, TX