Paula McCartney

Teaches at Penumbra Foundation

Paula McCartney makes photographs and artists’ books that explore the idea of constructed landscapes and the way that people interact with and manipulate the natural world. McCartney earned an M.F.A. in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and has received grants from the Aaron Siskind Foundation, Women's Studio Workshop, Minnesota State Arts Board, and the McKnight Foundation. Her work has been exhibited across the US and is included in numerous public collections including the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Museum of Modern Art’s Artist Book Collection.  Princeton Architectural Press published her first monograph,Bird Watching, in 2010. A Field Guide to Snow and Ice was published by Silas Finch in 2014.