John Trobaugh
John Trobaugh (born 1968 in Lansing, Michigan) is a photographer based in Birmingham. Trobaugh received his bachelor of fine arts with honors in 1996 from UAB and went on to study photography at the School of Visual Arts. In 2003 he received his Masters in Fine Art from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
His photography has been published in Art Papers, selected as the cover artist. He has also been published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Post and The Advocate as well as The Birmingham News and World of Wonder, among many others.
While teaching at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Trobaugh's works depicting 12" toy dolls in homoerotic poses were taken down by administrators before a planned exhibition. The incident gained national attention over the issue of censorship. Trobaugh was forbidden to discuss the incident in his art appreciation class. He later resigned his post.
Work
- "In This Place". (2005) organized by M. K. Matalon. Space One Eleven
- "Patterns of Nature. Denver, Colorado.
- " Politics, Politics: Nine Artists Explore the Political Landscape" curated by Anne Arrasmith and Peter Prinz of Space One Eleven.
- Photography in the Digital Age (2003) The Society For Photographic Education, South Central Regional Conference at UAB and the Birmingham Museum of Art.
Books
- Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship, funded by a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts with local support from the Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, and the Georgia State University College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Artists and Scholars Fund, the College of Law, the Ethics Center, Women's Studies, African American Studies, the Department of Communications and additional private donors.
External Links
- Trobaugh's Official website
- NYArts Magazine Includes article and a sample of Trobaugh's work
- Space One Eleven Press Release "Politics/Politics", Birmingham, 2006
- After the Culture Wars Richard Meyer, Art Papers This became a 150 page catalog documenting the exhibition in 2006
- Queer Day Washington Post article 2003
- Trobaugh Photos Banned in Alabama Stephen Smith, Birmingham Free Press 2004