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traerTraer Scott is an award winning fine art photographer and author of four books including her newest release Newborn Puppies due out April 1 from Chronicle Books. Her book Shelter Dogs is a national bestseller with over 50,000 copies in print. Her work has been featured in National Geographic, Life, Vogue, People, O and dozens of other national and international publications. Traer is proud to have been the recipient of the 2008 Helen Woodward Humane Award for animal welfare activism and the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts 2010 Photography Fellowship Grant. She is happiest when she is in the ocean, with a dog, doting on  her daughter, or behind the lens. Preferably all four. Traer resides in Providence, Rhode Island with her family.

Curriculum Vitae

Education:                               North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Bachelor of

                                              Arts 1997

                                              New England School of Photography, Boston, MA, 1998

Monographs:                            Newborn Puppies, Hardcover, Chronicle Books 2013

                                              Wild Horses; Endangered Beauty, Hardcover, Merrell

                                              Publishers, October 2008             

                                              Street Dogs, Hardcover, Merrell Publishers, September 2007

                                              Shelter Dogs, Hardcover, Merrell Publishers, September 2006

Grant:                                     Rhode Island State Council for the Arts,

                                              Fellowship in Photography, 2010

 

Exhibitions:                             Shanghai International Photographic Art Exhibit,

                                              Shanghai China: “City” October 2012

                                              Nooderlicht Photofestival, Museum Belvédère, Netherlands:

                                              “Terra Incongnita” October 2012 (group)

                                              Across the Divide; Critical Mass: Newspace Gallery Portland;

                                              Rayko Gallery, San Francisco; PCNW, Seattle; March-May 2011

                                              Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO:

                                              Natural World, December 2010 (group)

                                              Imago Gallery, Warren, Rhode Island:

                                              RISCA 2010 Fellowship Exhibition February 2010 (group)

                                              Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC:

                                              In Our Care, August- November 2009 (group)

                                              The Darkroom, New Orleans: Peek-The Lingerie Show,

                                              March 2009 (group)

                                              HaNNa Gallery, Tokyo: Four Legs and a Soul

                                              October 2008-February 2009 (solo)

                                              Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI:

                                              Going to the Dogs, April 2008 (group)

                                              Hpgrp Gallery, New York, NY: Forever Home, July 2007

                                              Denver International Airport: DIA Invitational

                                              (Traveling exhibit of Center For Fine Art Photography)

                                              March 2007

                                              Gail Cahalan Gallery, Providence, RI:

                                              Shelter and Street Dogs; The Wandering Spirit

                                              Photographs by Traer Scott, 2008 (solo)

                                              Upstairs Gallery, Greensboro, NC:  Shelter Dogs,

                                              A Heartbeat at My Feet March, 2007 (solo)

                                             Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO:

                                             Positive/Negative 2006 (group)

                                             Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, Providence, RI:

                                             Scenes of Rhode Island, 2005 (group)

                                             MPG, Boston, MA: MPG at One Retrospective, June 1999

                                             MPG, Boston, MA: New Art '99 Juried by Carl Belz.

                                             January 1999.

                                             AS220, Providence, RI: Recent Photographs February 1999.

                                             North Carolina Photographer's Annual Invitational,

                                             Meredith College, Raleigh NC 1997. (group)

Select Interviews (All media):      

                                             National Geographic, Photo Journal, April 2012

                                             Popular Photography, Backstory, April 2012

                                             B&W Magazine/Cover Photo and feature, August 2011

                                             British Journal of Photography, December, 2010

                                             British Journal of Photography, March 18, 2009 B&W

                                             Shots Magazine, March 2009, The Hungry Ghost

                                             Camera Arts, October 2008

                                             All Things Equine, NPR, October 2008 (Radio)

                                             Popular Photography, February 2008

                                             Christian Science Monitor, November 2007

                                             Providence Journal, Canine Crusade, February 2007

                                             NPR-National, November 2007 (Radio)

                                             ABC Radio Australia, November 2007 (Radio)

                                             NPR , Greensboro, N.C. April 2007 (Radio)

                                             Life Magazine, August 11 2006

                                             CBS Early Show, August 2006 (TV)

                                             NBC, CBS, ABC Boston and Providence affliates (TV)

Select Additional Publications:         

                                             Lenscratch (2010), Elizabeth Avedon Blog (2009),

                                             O Magazine (2008), Photo Icon (2008)

                                             NY Daily News (2007), Christian Science Monitor (2007)

                                             People Magazine (2006), Vogue (2006)

                                             The Bark (2006, 2007, 2010),

                                             Shots Magazine (2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002)

                                             Boston Globe (1999, 2007)


Awards:                                            

                                                Photographer’s Showcase Prize, Critical Mass, 2010

                                                Critical Mass Top 50 2010

                                                Helen Woodward Humane Award, Recipient 2008

                                                USA Book News, Best Books 2007 Award, Finalist