vision of America gone wrong. Her beauty was
altered, her waters were poisoned.’’
Tice’s latest photographic project, Ticetown,
traces the history of his Dutch ancestors who
came to the United States in 1663 and eventually
settled in New Jersey. A project that has consumed
his energies for almost a decade, this may be one of
Tice’s most personal. As he traces the generations
of his family’s history, he discovers the long-estab-
lished roots in the place he has photographed with
such intensity and sensitivity for years.
Not only does Tice spend a majority of his time as
a photographer and in the darkroom, but he has
also taught numerous workshops, including a mas-
ter class at New York’s New School for Social
Research and a fine print workshop at the Interna-
tional Center of Photography in New York. His
photographs are included in many prominent collec-
tions, including the Amon Carter Museum, Fort
Worth, Texas; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
Texas; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Whit-
ney Museum of American Art, New York.
MarisaC. Sa ́nchezSeealso:Steichen, Edward
Biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey, 13 October 1938. Joined the
Cateret, New Jersey Camera Club, 1952. Became a dark-
room assistant for a portrait studio in Newark, NJ, 1954.
Briefly studied commercial photography at Newark
Vocational and Technical High School, 1955. Served as
a photographer’s mate in the U.S. Navy, 1955–1960;
Served as a home portrait photographer, Americana Por-
traits Inc., West Orange, NJ, 1960–1969; First exhibit at
the Underground Gallery, New York, 1965; Helped to
establish the Lee Witkin Gallery in New York, 1968;
Instructor in Photography, New School for Social
Research, NY, beginning in 1970; First, major solo exhi-
bition,Paterson, New Jersey, the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, 1972. Received National Endowment for the Arts
Photography Fellowship, 1973; John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Fellowship, 1973; Grand Prix du Festival
d’Arles, France 1973; Commissioned to photograph
Saplo Island by the Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, 1974; Commissioned to photograph Liberty
Park for the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1979.
Commissioned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
and the Parnassus Foundation to photograph North
American bank architecture for the exhibition and book
Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture,
1987; andHometowns: An American Pilgrimage, 1988.
Received Joint Fellowship in Photography at The
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television,
Bradford, England and Ilkley Community College, 1990–
- Awarded the New Jersey Council for the Human-
ities Book Awards forUrban Landscapes, 2003; Granted
an Honorary Doctorate from William Paterson Univer-
sity, 2003. Lives in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.
Selected Individual Exhibitions
1966 Recent Photographs; Gallery 216, New York, New York
1969 The Amish Portfolio; E. Weyhe Gallery, New York,
New York
1970 Fields of Peace; Witkin Gallery, New York, New York
1971 Paterson; New Jersey Historical Museum, Newark,
New Jersey
1972 Paterson, New Jersey; Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, New York
1973 Seacoast Maine; Witkin Gallery, New York, New York
1975 Urban Landscapes; Rutgers University Art Gallery,
New Brunswick, New Jersey
1975 Photographs: 1953–1973; Witkin Gallery, New York,
New York
1976 George A. Tice; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton,
New Jersey
1979 Liberty State Park: The Master Plan; Museum of
Modern Art, New York, New York
1981 Photographs 1953–1981; Witkin Gallery, New York,
New York
1984 Lincoln; Witkin Gallery, New York, New York
1985 George A. Tice; Finlands fotografiska museum, Hel-
sinki, Finland
1988 Hometowns; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
1988 Hometowns; Witkin Gallery, New York, New York
1991 Stone Walls, Grey Skies, and A Retrospective; National
Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford,
England
1992 Stone Walls, Grey Skies; Photo Gallery International,
Tokyo, Japan
1992 The Photographs of George Tice; Houk Gallery, Chi-
cago, Illinois
1995 Stone Walls, Grey Skies; Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997 George Tice: An American Master; Point Light Gal-
lery, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
2000 Fields of Peace; Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2002 George Tice: Urban Landscapes; International Center
of Photography, New York, New YorkSelected Group Exhibitions
1965 Art and Science; Albany Institute of History and Art,
Albany, New York
1967 Photographs for Collectors; Museum of Modern Art,
New York, New York
1968 Photography in the U.S.A.; DeCordova Museum and
Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
196919 thand 20thCentury Photography; Nelson-Atkins
Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
1971 Obsolete Processes/Contemporary Practitioners; Art
Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1973 New Images 1839–1973; Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C.
1973 Newly Re-created; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Uni-
versity, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1973 Landscape/Cityscape; Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, New York
1973 Historic Processes by Contemporary Photographers;
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1974 Photography in America; Whitney Museum of Amer-
ican Art, New York, New York
1977 Concerning Photography; The Photographers’ Gallery,
London, England
1979 Seven Photographers: The Delaware Valley; New Jer-
sey State Museum, Trenton, New JerseyTICE, GEORGE