Charlie McCullers and Cecilia Montalvo are a collaborative team working in the wet plate collodion process. They began developing their work and this process together in 2017. This collaboration is about the condition of permanent change, as evinced by the dynamic nature of South Florida’s barrier islands, Ebenezer Creek, Georgia, and the other places where they work. It’s built on shared thematic and process interests. In their own ways, Charlie and Cecilia each work on the meaning of divided origins, and how mythologies of belonging operate. They are based in Atlanta, Georgia, and both hold MFA degrees in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Charlie is a native Georgian and life-long working photographer. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a BFA, and the Savannah College of Art and Design with an MA, prior to completing his MFA. Cecilia was born and raised in Miami. After graduating from the University of Virginia, she worked at The Phillips Collection, Smithsonian Magazine, and for Harvard University at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington, DC.
Selected Honors, Awards, and Publications
2020
The Photoville FENCE, Atlanta, GA
The DoGood Fund, featured artists
2019
Analog Forever Magazine Top 40 Photographs of 2019
Analog Forever Magazine Photo of the Day (11.23.19)
L.A. Photo Curator: Global Photography Awards, Best Series, curated by Michael Kirchoff
Center Santa Fe Review invitees, Santa Fe, NM
reGeneration 4: The Challenges of Photography and the Museum of Tomorrow, Emerging Artists to Watch, fine art photography nominees, Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
Don’t Take Pictures Photo of the Day (09.23.19)
PhotoLucida Critical Mass Finalists
Where the Light Enters, International Photography Awards
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2021
The 2021 Photo Competition, curated by Sarah Kennel, Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery, AL Southern Landscapes, curated by Nancy McCrary, South x Southeast PhotoGallery, Molena, GA
30 Over 50: In Context, curated by Arnika Dawkins, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Art + Science 2, curated by Linda Alterwitz, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2020
Love and Loss and Resilience, curated by Molly Roberts, South x Southeast PhotoGallery, Molena, GA
Portals: Windows, Mirrors, and Doors, curated by Elizabeth Avedon, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Horizons, curated by Michael Pannier, for Analog Forever Magazine
Black + White, curated by Elizabeth Avedon, South x Southeast PhotoGallery, Molena, GA
One Earth, One Chance, sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia, Georgia State University, Clarkston, GA
Magical Realism, curated by Anne Kelly, for Analog Forever Magazine
Aura and Invention: Alternative Processes in Photography, Scad deFine Art 2020, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
The Southern Landscape, curated by James Pearson, South x Southeast PhotoGallery, Molena, GA
2019
Solitude, curated by Michael Behlen, for Analog Forever Magazine
Election 2020/What Matters, curated by Billy Howard, South x Southeast PhotoGallery, Molena, GA
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Special Exhibition: Picturing Justice, Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Aura and Invention: Alternative Processes in Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Mood: Frame of Mind, juried by V. Elizabeth Turk, Tula Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Where the Light Enters, Scad deFine Art 2019, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2018
Rachel Reese Selects, Where the Light Enters, Atlanta Photography Group
2017
“Until…”: Telling Stories of Civil and Human Rights through Recycled Materials, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA
Press
2020
Featured Artists of the Day, Harper’s Magazine (04.20.20)
Analog Forever Magazine featured artists, by Michael Kirchoff
South x Southeast Magazine featured artists, by Nancy McCrary
2019
Arts ATL feature on Pointe, by Scott Freeman
Arts ATL feature on Where the Light Enters, by Scott Freeman