Maxwell MacKenzie
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| birth_place = Fergus Falls, MN
| nationality = American
| occupation = Photographer
| style = Landscape and aerial photography
| alma mater = Bennington College
| website = www.maxwellmackenzie.com
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{{short description|Architectural and a fine arts photographer}}
Maxwell MacKenzie is an architectural and a fine arts photographer.
Three books have been published containing the landscape{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/13078439/reviewed-maxwell-mackenzie-at-the-american-institute-of-architects|title=Reviewed: Maxwell MacKenzie at the American Institute of Architects|website=Washington City Paper|language=en|access-date=2019-01-22}} and aerial{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2010/09/29/maxwell-mackenzie-aerial-photography-fraser-gallery/|title=Super Fly: Aerial Photographer Maxwell Mackenzie, at the Fraser Gallery|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-01-22}} photography of MacKenzie.
Life and work
MacKenzie received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bennington College in Vermont in 1975,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-12/02/071r-120299-idx.html|title=Endless Land of Forgotten Promises - Maxwell MacKenzie Photographs the Moment Dreams Died|last=Allen|first=Henry|date=December 2, 1999|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=C01}} with a dual major in architecture and photography. He was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota,{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefrasergallery.com/artist-maxmackenzie-resume.html|title=Maxwell MacKenzie - Fraser Gallery|website=www.thefrasergallery.com|access-date=2019-01-22}} but has worked out of Washington, D.C. since the 1980s, and is married to art dealer Rebecca Cross.{{Cite web|url=http://www.crossmackenzie.com/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Cross MacKenzie Gallery|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://georgetowner.com/articles/2019/02/05/cross-mackenzies-last-picture-shows-book-hill/|title=Cross MacKenzie's Last Picture Shows on Book Hill|last=Selden|first=Richard|date=2019-02-05|website=The Georgetowner|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-22}} They currently live in Hillsboro, Virginia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.homeanddesign.com/2018/11/01/country-life|title=Country Life|date=2018-11-01|website=Home & Design Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-27}}
= Architectural photographer =
MacKenzie's commercial and architectural photographs{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/02/01/moved-by-the-immovable/fd2ffdd0-f025-4db0-892a-67a9c145690d/|title=Moved by the Immovable|last=Forgey|first=Benjamin|date=February 1, 2003|newspaper=The Washington Post}} have been published in books, magazines and brochures worldwide, including over 500 covers.
= Art photographer =
MacKenzie’s landscape photographs{{Cite web|url=https://harpers.org/author/maxwellmackenzie/|title=Maxwell MacKenzie {{!}} Harper's Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-27}} have been widely exhibited in galleries{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-where-the-wild-things-are/2016/03/24/97cae2a6-ef42-11e5-a2a3-d4e9697917d1_story.html|title=In the galleries: Where the wild things are|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=March 25, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.snyderman-works.com/exhibitions/maxwell-mackenzie|title=Snyderman-Works Galleries|website=www.snyderman-works.com|access-date=2019-01-22}} and museums{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/article/Museums-and-galleries-1073112.php|title=Museums and galleries|date=2001-11-30|website=Seattle Post-Intelligentser|access-date=2019-01-22}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/12/10/loneliness-in-plains-view/05b65d14-864a-42dd-ad5d-145574321f98/|title=Loneliness in Plain View|last=Burchard|first=Hank|date=December 10, 1993|newspaper=The Washington Post}} nationwide, and his art photographs are part of the permanent collections of the American Embassies in Bogota, Colombia, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, Conakry, Guinea, Moscow, Russia, Kathmandu, Nepal, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and Lima, Peru.
As an artist, he has been the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Henry Allen, the former Washington Post's art critic wrote about MacKenzie's landscapes as "the moment in question isn't just the moment the shutter clicked, but a moment that slipped by decades or even a century before, when something went wrong and a farm began to edge toward ruin."
Books
- Abandonings: Photographs of Otter Tail County, Minnesota - In reviewing this book, The Washington Post reviewer noted that the book was "one of the most beautiful and eloquent books of landscape photography I ever have seen."{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/09/29/finding-beauty-in-abandonings/b149c64f-130c-4c73-a5c3-32bb15825aa0/|title=Finding Beauty in Abandonings|last=Van Riper|first=Frank|date=September 29, 1995|newspaper=The Washington Post}}
- American Ruins, Ghosts on the Landscape - The Midwest Book Review wrote: “This is one of the most remarkably photographed books to come off the presses in a long time.”
- Markings - In discussing the photographs in this book, The Washington City Paper observed that "MacKenzie’s mesmerizing palette and knack for spotting improbable geometries set his work apart."{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13030258/local-focus|title=Local Focus|website=Washington City Paper|language=en|access-date=2019-01-22}}
References
External links
- {{Official website|maxwellmackenzie.com}}
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Category:Photographers from Washington, D.C.
Category:Architectural photographers
Category:Landscape photographers
Category:Bennington College alumni
Category:People from Fergus Falls, Minnesota