Info+Contact

Max Cooper
828.808.7777
cooper@darktopography.com
Based in Asheville, NC.

Education
» Bachelor of Arts, Concentration in Photography. The University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2006.

Teaching Positions
» Adjunct Instructor of Photography, Southwestern Community College, Fall 2009
» Adjunct Instructor of Photography, Haywood Community College, 2007-2008

Selected Honors and Awards
» Honorable Mention, Carolina Clinchfield Historical Railroad Photo Contest, 2009
» BlogAsheville Award for Best Writing, on the photoblog “Dark Topography,” 2009
» Merit Award, Black & White Magazine, 2008
» Ryan Patrick Jones Excellence in Photography Award, 2005, UNCA
» Best in Show: Fourth annual juried Hendersonville Student Arts Competition
» Best in Show: 1999 Yancey County Celebration of the Arts

Selected Publications
» F-STop Magazine, April, 2010
» SHOTS Magazine, March, 2010
» Asheville Tribune, cover, March, 2010
» The Jitterbug, March, 2010
» iMag Online Edition, February, 2010
» Black & White Magazine, 2008
» Everywhere Magazine, 2008
» Asheville Tribune, cover, May, 2008
» F-Stop Magazine, January 2008
» FILE Magazine, December 2007
» Asheville Citizen-Times, November, 2007
» Citizen-Times.com, March, July, August, 2007
» Marshall News-Record & Sentinel, March, 2007
» Headwaters Creative Arts Magazine, 2006
» Yancey Common Times-Journal, 2000

Selected Exhibitions
» To See A Darkness, Group Exhibit, Asheville Area Arts Council’s Front Gallery, 2009
» AshevilleHDR, Pool Gallery, Asheville, NC. 2009
» AshevilleHDR, Asheville Regional Airport Gallery, Asheville, NC. 2009
» UNCA Art Alumni Exhibit, Highsmith University Union Gallery, Asheville, NC. 2009
» The District, Solo Exhibit, Pump Gallery, Asheville, NC. 2008
» Castings, Flood Fine Art Center, Asheville, NC. 2008
» Collecting Contemporary, Flood Fine Art Center, Asheville, NC. 2007
» Darkness on the Edge of Town, Solo Exhibit, Wedge Gallery, Asheville, NC. 2006
» Selected Student Artwork, Highsmith University Union Gallery, Asheville, NC. 2006
» Thirty-ninth Annual UNCA Juried Student Exhibition, Asheville, NC. 2006
» UNCA Arts Exhibit, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Asheville, NC. 2006
» UNCA Student Photography Exhibition, Every-Day Gourmet, Asheville, NC. 2005
» Thirty-eight Annual UNCA Juried Student Exhibition, Asheville, NC. 2005


Works in Selected Collections
» Jolene Mechanic, Curator, Flood Fine Arts Center
» Anne Ponder, Chancellor, University of North Carolina at Asheville