Department of Art Alumni
Tom Millea '73
Tom Millea is considered by some to be a visionary successor to master photographer Edward Weston.
Millea went out to California after graduation. His platinum-palladium prints are a handmade process with the platinum paper being exposed to sunlight. He re-invented his process between 1973 and 1977.
During the course of his long career, Millea has continually chosen to follow the integrity of his vision over other considerations. This commitment has led to a stripping away of all that is extraneous and has helped to shape a mature vision of extraordinary depth.
His work is at the National Gallery of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C.; the Getty Museum, in Los Angeles, CA ; the Yosemite National Museum, in Yosemite, CA; the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, NY and the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.