Roddy MacInnes

Professor

Art—Photography

Faculty

roddy.macinnes@du.edu

303-871-2846 (Office)

https://roddymac.com/home.html

Personal

University College (Josephine), 2211 S. Josephine St. Denver, CO 80208

What I do

Associate Professor, (Photography) School of Art and Art History, University of Denver.

Specialization(s)

Photography, Autobiographical Photography, Aging, History of Photography, Visual Anthropology, Construction of Identity, Photography and Incarceration.

Professional Biography

Roddy MacInnes has been teaching photography at the University of Denver since 2001. He considers himself to be an autobiographical photographer, and in that capacity, has been documenting his life through photography for over five decades. He received an MFA in photography from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a BA in photography from Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh. His latest community engaged photography projects were inspired by an album of photographs he discovered in an antiques mall in Denver, Colorado. A North Dakota woman made the photographs in 1917. Through these projects Roddy explores issues surrounding the relationships between family photography and the construction of identity.

Degree(s)

MFA, Photography and Electronic Media., University of Colorado, 1998
BA, Photographic Studies, Napier University, 1991

Licensure / Accreditations

Assessment Associate Program

Professional Affiliations

Society for Photographic Education

Research

How family photography functions in the construction of identity. Currently working on a long-term project using family photographs as catalysts for revealing life stories.

Areas of Research

Family Photography

Vernacular Photography

Family History

Migration

Reverse Migration

Ethnographic Photography

Visual Anthropology

Autobiographical Photography

Photography and Aging.

Key Projects

AHSS-'15-16 CAMF-MacInnes

Featured Publications

MacInnes, R. (2018). 100 Colorado Creatives 4.0: Roddy MacInnes, p. 1. Denver, Colorado, USA: Westword. Retrieved from http://www.westword.com/arts/photographer-roddy-macinnes-has-chronicled-his-life-with-a-camera-10064598

MacInnes, R. (2017). Family Album. (R. Carstens & S. David, Eds.), Family Album (Vol. 1, p. 102). Denver, USA: Roddy MacInnes. Retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/Family-Album-Roddy-MacInnes/dp/0999348302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522609521&sr=8-1&keywords=roddy+macinnes

MacInnes, R. (2017). Rusty. In S. de Boer (Ed.), PhotoCat (Vol. 1, p. 102). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Shilt Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.shiltpublishing.com

MacInnes, R. (2016). John Wheelihan. A Veterans Day Memorial. Helena, Montana, USA: America's Electric Cooperatives.

MacInnes, R. (2012). Cell Phone Mosaics in the Project "Jim River". In A. F. Belt (Ed.), The Elements of Photography (Vol. 1, p. 401). Waltham, Massachusetts, USA: Focal Press. Retrieved from http://www.focalpress.com/books/photography/the_elements_of_photography_second_edition.aspx

Performances

MacInnes, R. (2019). Personal Histories of Photography. Parker Arts, Culture and Events (PACE), Parker, Colorado.

MacInnes, R. (2017). 50 Year Journey With Photography. Atlantic Isle Centre, Isle of Luing, Scotland.

MacInnes, R. (2019). Letters to Photographs. University of Denver, Homestead Elementary School, Legend High School, Belmar Senior Life, Kavod Senior Life. Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center (PACE), Parker, Colorado.

MacInnes, R. (2016). Two-Way Mirror, Portraits and Self-Portraits. Fine and Performing Arts. Regis University, Denver, Colorado, USA.

MacInnes, R. (2016). Globalocation. Artnauts. Red Line Gallery, Denver, Colorado.

Presentations

MacInnes, R. (2018). "Family Album" book event. Vertigo Galery. Denver, Colorado: Vertigo Gallery.

MacInnes, R. (2014). "Igloo/Pistol Bay, Mining Personal History". Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: PDAC.

MacInnes, R. (2018). Book Event: Family Album. Tattered Cover Book Store. Denver, Colorado: Tattered Cover Book Store.

MacInnes, R. (2018). Book Event: Family Album. Opera House, Ellendale, North Dakota. Ellendale, North Dakota: North Dakota Humanities Council.

MacInnes, R. (2019). Photography and Compassionate Responsiveness. Month of Photography. Denver, Colorado: The Art Gallery at the Fulginiti Pavillion, Anschutz Medical Campus.

Awards

Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Denver