Berman Appointed Guggenheim Fellowship

Michael P. Berman, photographer and artist, has been appointed a Guggenheim Fellowship Award, 2008. The award will support his ongoing photographic work in the Chihuahuan desert grasslands of Southern New Mexico, West Texas, and Northern Chihuahua.

Galleri Urbane, Marfa represents Mr. Berman and has frequently shown his work, most recently, 480 Plates, a stunning collection of 480 individual silver prints, each subtly toned and affixed to a 5.5" aluminum plate.

In 2007, Infinite Editions Press in Denver Colorado produced “Under a Dry Moon”, a portfolio of 100 photographs by Michael P. Berman made while working in the Gran Desierto on the Sonora-Arizona border. In 2006 two books of his Gran Desierto work were published: “Inferno”, The University of Texas Press, text by Charles Bowden and “SunShot”, University of Arizona Press, text by Bill Broyles. A third book will be published in 2009, also with Charles Bowden and The University of Texas Press, and will include Berman's work from the Chihuahuan desert grasslands.

Michael Berman’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Amon Carter Museum of Western Art and the Museum of New Mexico. He has received fellowships from both the Wurlitzer Foundation and the Arizona Commission of the Arts.