Born in New York City, Colin Blakely lived in Brooklyn for eight years before he moved to Houston, Texas and lived there through high school. He received his BA from Williams College with a double major in Studio Arts and Abstract Math. After two years as a middle school Math, Science and Photography teacher in Houston, he himself returned to school at the University of New Mexico, where he received his MFA in Photography in 2001. He is currently Professor of Photography at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. His work has been shown at Fotofest Houston 2002 and 2004, the Society for Contemporary Photography, the Pingyao International Photography Festival, the Griffin Museum of Photography and the Jen Bekman Gallery.
Colin currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his wife and three children. Always inspired by sense of place, he has found a perfect subject in the small neighborhood where he lives.
Work on 20x200
The Seeming Impenetrability of the Space BetweenRecollections of the Battles Fought Maintaining the Home Front
