2009 Honourable Mention: Shane Lavalette

Shane Lavalette (b. 1987, Burlington, VT) currently lives and works in Somerville, MA. He received his BFA from Tufts University in partnership with The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lavalette's photographs have been exhibited widely and published in such magazines as The New York Times Magazine, Vice Magazine, Slash and PIG. His work was recently featured in Humble Arts Foundation's book The Collector's Guide to Emerging Art Photography and his project "Slí na Boirne" was selected as a winner of the Yousuf Karsh Prize in Photography. Lavalette is also the Publisher and Editor of Lay Flat, a journal of contemporary photography and writing on the medium.

--Shane Lavalette
School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA











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