Paul Shambroom
author · photographer
Paul Shambroom is an American photographer and artist who explores themes of power, culture, and history in the United States. He graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1978 and has since documented a wide range of subjects, including industrial environments, nuclear weapons, and small-town council meetings. His work often utilizes large-format panoramic photography to create staged tableaux that resemble epic history paintings. Shambroom's photographs are held in the permanent collections of major institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota.[1,2]
- American power
- nuclear weapons
- local government
- industrial environments
Works by Paul Shambroom
- 2004 Meetings Includes photographs and text of town council meetings across the United States.
- 2003 Face to Face with the Bomb: Nuclear Reality After the Cold War
- 2008 Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power First volume to bring together selections from all five of his most important series.
- 2020 Past Time: Troubled Visions of the Good Old Days
Exhibitions
- 2015 Paul Shambroom: Lost
- 2014 Paul Shambroom: Strategic Petroleum Reserve
- 2013 Meetings
- 2012 Paul Shambroom: Power and Place
- 2008 Picturing Power: the Photographs of Paul Shambroom
Awards
- 2003 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
- 2001 Creative Capital Foundation Grant
- 2010 Bush Foundation Enduring Vision Award