The Strand - A cultural topography of the current the Great Lakes Community ~
Preserving through still photographs the integrity of the current communities on the Great Lakes Strand for the benefit, review, and education of current and future generations by building a photographic archive of the largest megalopolis in North America. Focusing upon the American Great Lakes secondary cities from Two Harbors, Minnesota to Rochester, New York this documentary investigates the current cultural and economic landscape with an eye towards the historical significanceof the Great Lakes Strand.
A career artist since 1979 and the author of three award winning photography books. Carl Corey's photographs are exhibited widely in solo and group shows in the United States and abroad,his work has also been featured in many of photography’s most prestigious periodicals,andis represented in a growing number of museum, corporate and private collections. Carl is the recipient of over 100 awards from the publishing and photography communities.
Awards Selected Awards
• Guggenheim Fellowship Finalist 2019
• National Portrait Gallery Outwin Award Finalist 2019
• National Independent Publishers Association Gold Award
• Midwest Book Publishers Association – Crystal Award
• USA National Best Book Awards
• ForeWord Top Ten Award Winner
• PubWest Gold Award
• Midwest Independent Book Publishers Gold Award
• Next Generation Indie Book Award
• National Indie Excellence Gold Award
• Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist
Books
• For Love and Money – The Established Family Business – Wisconsin Historical Society Press - April, 2014 – Hardbound
• The Tavern League – A Portrait of the Wisconsin Tavern - Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 120 pages Hardbound - 2011
• Rancher - monograph published by Bunker Hill / GalleryPrint. Sixty-four photographs,112 pages hardbound. - 2007
Selected Media Attention
• PBS National NewsHour – Tavern League Interview and Presentation
• London Daily Mail – For Love and Money Feature
• Slate Magazine - For Love and Money Feature
• FastCompany – For Love and Money Feature
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 2014 Arts Preview Featured Artist
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Front page review – Tavern League - 2011
• San Francisco Chronicle – Interview and review Tavern League
• NBC 15 Madison – Christine Bellport Show
• Wisconsin Public Radio – Joy Cardin Show
• Minnesota Public Radio – Cathy Wurzer Show
• Wisconsin Public Television– Tavern League – 2010
• WORT Public Radio – the Tavern League at MMoCA
• Wisconsin People and Ideas – feature article – the Tavern League – 2010
• Wisconsin State Journal – review of the Tavern League at MMoCA - 2010
• South Dakota Public Radio - Interview 2008
• Fox Television Milwaukee — Interview, 2007
• Camera Work Centennial — Featured contemporary photographer – 2003
