Faculty Profile

Aimee Tomasek, Assistant Professor of Art

Photography

VUCA 2433
219-465-7819
aimee.tomasek@valpo.edu


Biography

Recent and Continuing Projects

Chronicling a family and community history:
"Czech Days; a photographic documentary of
Clarkson, Nebraska"

Opening the window on the ghostly quality of
an integrated steel mill during a temporary
shutdown: "Hot Idle; LTV Steel, Indiana Harbor"
(Indiana)

New Orleans:  "Mardi Gras, Celebrating with the
Saints and Sinners: and "Crying with the Saints
and Sinners"

Photo log of an Indiana farm family and its
relationship to the land and community: "Knee
High by the Fourth of July: Overholt"

Education

Bachelor of Arts - University of Wisconsin 
Master of Fine Arts - University of Kentucky 

Research Interests

Documentary Photography and Social Commentary

Professional Affiliations

  • Society for Photographic Education