Earlier in my career as a contributor to the likes of Mother Jones, Die Zeit and the New York Times **, my work focused on the world’s realities, however today, I’m drawn to the inherent world of my surroundings.

In many ways, this shift reflects a reaction to these times of fake news and hyperreality where I’ve felt the need to deconstruct and reconnect with core values, a renewed viewpoint. I’m drawn to the intricacies of space and light, fleeting instances, creating a minimalistic and abstract rendition of the world around me. A kind of visual Haiku.

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy” Albert Camus

My current photographs are printed on archival glossy aluminum panels, and are intended to be shown in arrangements or singularly.

**    Lionel Delevingne has traveled and photographed extensively throughout the world. In his work, he’s sought a conscious merging of politics and art.  Born in France, he was deeply impacted by the social and political unrest that occurred in Paris in 1968. When he documented the 1971 May Day demonstrations in Washington, D.C., he saw how the power of a peaceful, but vocal citizenry could affect national policy, a lesson that would reverberate throughout his career. It was from this vantage point on the sociopolitical and cultural environment in the United States that he was enabled to “grasp the unique subtleties of American life”, wrote Fred McDarrah of the Village Voice.

Delevingne’s ‘outsider’ perspective allows him to see the conflicting patterns of liberty and authority, repression and hopefulness within the ‘American Dream’ experience. His oeuvre is fueled by humor and compassion for his subjects. It encompasses a range of themes from the struggles of the immigrant experience, to the destruction of Native American lands by the nuclear and coal mining industries, to the stark dreams and realities of American farmers.

Upon Delevingne’s relocation to the United States in 1975, he began a decades-long mission of chronicling the safe energy movement in which he captured the rise of  anti-nuclear activism. He saw first hand the impact an engaged citizenry can have on national policy, and he witnessed the re-occurring devastation nuclear accidents have on people and their communities. His 2014 publication “To the Village Square: From Montague to Fukushima, 1975-2014” is a testament to his focus, his findings and his aim to celebrate citizens who stand up for their beliefs and make a difference.

Recently Delevingne has been exploring book projects that include Education and Educators as well as his own reflections to rural and urban surroundings.

Ken Johnson, an art critic of The New York Times noted that he is “One of the more articulate and politically committed of photojournalists.  His is a witty eye as acutely attuned to instances of comedy and absurdity as to evidence of social inequity, malaise or hostility.”

Delevingne’s work has been widely praised and published regularly in many diverse publications in the US and abroad.  His work has been exhibited in numerous solo exhibits throughout Europe and the United States and is included in various private and public collections. In addition, his portraiture humanized the face of many prestigious educational institutions, like Collegiate, St. Paul’s, Harvard, Hampshire, Andover, Steiner, WNEC School of Law among others.

Lionel Delevingne was born in France and currently resides in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA with his wife Judy and their chocolate lab, Suzette.

Books Authored
2014            “To the Village Square… Montague to Fukushima 1975- 2014”, Prospecta Press, ISBN 978-1-63226-004-8 HC
2011            “Drylands, A Rural American Saga”, Nebraska Press, ISBN #978-0-8032-3424-6 HC
1988             “Northampton, Reflections on Paradise”, Nouveau Monde Press/ MA, ISBN #88-090686 HC /SC
1988            “Franco-American Viewpoints”, Nouveau Monde Press Wistariahurst Museum MA, ISBN #88-60619 /SC

Solo Exhibitions      
2023           “Points de Vue”, 510 Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY, featured artist, related article The Artful Mind
2022           “Crossings”, 510 Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY
2020           “From Paris to Stockbridge, via Fukushima”, Stockbridge Station Gallery, Stockbridge, MA  Exhibition Catalog
2018            “To the Village Square: From Montague to Fukushima, 1975-2014”, St. Michael’s College, McCarthy Art Gallery, Burlington, VT with guest panel discussion
2017            “To the Village Square”, Northeastern University, MA
2012-2015   “To The Village Square: Montague to Fukushima 1975-2014”, UMass, Dubois Special Collections Gallery, Amherst, MA
2013            “Taking Power”, Elliott St. Cafe, Brattleboro, VT
2013            “Drylands, a Rural American Saga”, Elusie Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2008            “To the Village Square”, Over the Rainbow, Institute for Living Ethics, Nyack, NY
1998            “Northampton, Reflections on Paradise“, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
1992-1995  “Les Francos, Nos Cousins d’Amérique”, traveling solo-exhibition. Venues: FNAC Galleries – Montparnasse, Strasbourg, St. Etienne, Bruxelles, Dijon, Orleans, Angers, Pau; Angers; World Francophone Summit in Strasbourg; Ecole Normale Sup. /Affaires Culturelles, Lyon, France
1993            “Ein Pariser in Amerika”, Institut Francais, Berlin, Germany
1990            “Lionel Delevingne – Photographs”, (retrospective), STCC Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield, MA
1989            “Northampton, Reflections on Paradise”, Northampton Center for the Arts, MA
1987            “Martha”, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
1984-1988  “Franco American Viewpoints”, traveling solo-exhibition,  Smith College, Hillyer Gallery, Northampton, MA; Boston Public Library, MA; Massachusetts and New Hampshire State-wide Tour, Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA; Fishburn Gallery, Northfield Mount Hermon School, MA; Jack Kerouac Library, Quebec, Canada
1980-1987  “Glory, Glory: study of patriotism in the US,” traveling solo-exhibition. Venues: State University of New York, Fine Arts Center, Albany, NY; The Picture Group, Providence, RI; Camerawork, San Francisco, CA; French Library, Boston, MA; French Institute, NY; Columbia University, NY; Jones Library, Amherst, MA; FNAC International tour (Nice, Paris, Lille, and Grenoble, France, Brussels, Belgium)
1980            “The Anti-Nuclear Family”, Forbes Library, Amherst, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024           “Fly On The Canvas”, Time and Space LTD/TSL, Hudson, NY
2024           Invitational, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY, (upcoming in June)
2024           “Portals”, Stockbridge Public Library, Stockbridge, MA, (upcoming in August)
2022            “Characters”, San Diego – City Heights, CA, an open-air gallery on the corner of University Ave and I 15
2015            “Activism”, Smith College, Northampton, MA
2009            “America: A Work In Progress”, Smith College, Northampton, MA
2006            “Novecento, la necessita della fotographia” Festival Internazionale di Roma, Rome, Italy
1990            “Northampton Postcards”, Smith College, Northampton, MA
1994            “The Franco Americans”, Université dʼAngers/Colloque international de la Francophonie, France
1980            “Nine Documentary Photographers”, Gallery East, Art Institute of Boston, MA; New England Art Institute, Brookline, MA
1977             “In the Blink of an Eye”, Leverett Craftsmen and Artists, Leverett, MA

Editorial Clients
Business Week, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Time, Die Zeit, Figaro Magazine, Le Sauvage, Boston Globe Magazine, Newsweek, Time, National Geographic, Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, US News & World Report, In These Times, Yankee Magazine, Island Magazine, Caribbean Travel, Friends of The Earth/Not Man Apart, New Times, The Village Voice, Colliers Encyclopedia, Washington Post Magazine, New Age, East West Journal, Mother Jones Magazine, New York Times/ TRAVEL, Irish Times Sunday Magazine, New England Monthly, Seven Days, Self Care, Nursing Life, Fresh Ink, Jerusalem Post, Newsweek, Buzz Worm, Police Magazine, Outrider Foundation and many others.

Book Jacket cover art and Illustrations for:
Simon & Schuster; Macmillan; Colliers Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Pantheon; Atlantic Little Brown; Random House; Prentice-Hall; Houghton-Mifflin; Oklahoma University Press; Addison Wesley; Island Press; University of California Press; Seven Stories Press; University of Oklahoma Press; and many others.

Principal Photographer for books/monographs:
Judith Souweine, “Mainstreaming NAYEC”; Anna Gyorgy, et. al., “No Nukes”, South End Press; Greg Speeter, “Power: A repossession Manual”; Robbie Gordon, “We Interrupt this Program”, CITP; Robert Neale, “Origami”, St. Martin Press, National Freeze Campaign Brochure.

Reviews and Interviews
PRESS CLIPS

Reviews:
The New York Times; Photo Magazine; Digraphe, Paris; Tag Spiegel, Berlin; Neus Deutschland, Berlin; Berliner Morgen Post, Berlin; Village Voice; Photo Revue; Boston Globe; Photo District News; Boston Phoenix; Albany Times Union; l’ Almanach de la Photo, Paris Fr; Springfield Daily News; The Journal of Photography in New England; Valley Advocate; Daily Hampshire Gazette; Seattle Times; Greenfield Recorder; Providence Sunday Journal Arts and Travel; Transcript Telegram; The French Review of Photography “Le Photographe”; The Daily News; Journal Francais d’Amerique; Berkshire Courier; Berkshire Record; The Berkshire Edge; BoingBoing; Foreward Reviews; Gloucester Times; The Sound; JNE; Lenscratch; WAMC Book Picks; The Spokesman Review  Seattle,WA, Art Daily, Byline Stockbridge, Stockbridge Updates,  and The Artful Mind among others.

Television and Radio Interviews:
WFCR, Amherst, MA; Channel 8 NH; Radio Blue, Nice, France; France Inter, Paris; WFUV, New York, NY; WAMC/NPR Albany; WGBY/PBS, Springfield; WHMP, Northampton; WMUA, Amherst; The Burt Cohen Show.

       Magazine Features:
       Orion Magazine Dec. 2019 issue, Prime Magazine

Lectures
2019             Photography Workshop, Laurel Hill Association, Stockbridge, MA
2018 (Oct)    “When Activism Drives Art, and Art Drives Activism”, St. Michael’s College, McCarthy Arts Center, Burlington, VT, discussion on activism and art with guest panelists Lionel Delevingne, Paul Gunter, Jay Gustaferro, Aileen Smith
2018             Photography Workshop, Laurel Hill Association, Stockbridge, MA
2016            “The Aftermath of Chernobyl and the Safe Energy Movement”, Anthropology Dept., Bennington College, VT
                    “To the Village Square”, slide presentation and discussion with Aileen Mioko Smith of Green Action, Impact Hub Kyoto, Japan
                    “Local Environmental Action Conference 2016: Arts and Activism”, panel discussion, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2015            “To the Village Square: Montague to Fukushima”, Lecture and discussion, The Bookstore, Gloucester, MA
2015            “To the Village Square”, Lenox Library Distinguished Visitor Series, Lenox, MA
2015            Guilderland Public Library Photo Forum, Guilderland, NY
2014            “To the Village Square, Montague to Fukushima“, The Arts Block Cafe, Greenfield, MA
2014            Salmagundi Arts Gallery, “To the Village Square”, book presentation, New York, NY
2012            “To The Village Square: An Experiment in American Democracy”, lecture with Anna Gyorgy. Venues included: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA; Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, NH.
2012            “Delevingne and the Anti-nuclear Movement”, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, Dubois Special Collections
2012            “An Experiment in Democracy”, Lionel Delevingne with Anna Gyorgy, UMass, Amherst, MA
2005           Clamshell Alliance, Annual Meeting, New Hampshire
1995            Lionel Delevingne, Photojournalist -American International College, Springfield, MA
1994            Université d’Angers/Colloque International de la Francophonie
1994            Hartsbrook Waldorf, Hadley, MA
1993            Currier Gallery of Arts, University Manchester, NH
1992            World Congress of French Studies (CIEF), Strasbourg, France
1983            “Ten French Photographers”, Arles Festival, France
1988            “Le Mois de la Photo”- intro by J. Chambord – Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
1988            “French Contemporary Photography”,– intro by J. Chambord – New York University, NY
1980            Association of Picture Professionals Boston, Boston, MA
Additional lectures presented at: Hampshire College, Amherst, MA; Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, NH; Emma Willard School for Girls, Troy, NY

Grants  / Awards
Art Direction Magazine Editorial Design Award for Cover Art ( Mother Jones)
Connecticut Art Directors Club
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères & Ministère de la Culture, France: various grants
CASE – (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education), Exceptional Achievement  & Grand Award for Catalogue Improvement and Gold medals
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy,  “Franco-American   Viewpoints” and  “Rural Lives”, grants for travelling exhibits, catalogues and brochures
Excellence in Marketing & Publications, Western New England College, Springfield, MA
NEH / Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA, “The Immigrant Experience”

Permanent Collections
UMASS Amherst, Dubois Library, Special Collections, MA
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
SUNY Arts Center, Albany, New York
Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell, MA
Smith College Art Museum, Northampton, MA
Forbes Library, Northampton, MA
and numerous private collections in the United States and Europe

Professional Affiliations
Mass Cultural Council – Stockbridge, 2018-2020
Laurel Hill Association, Trustee, since 2017
The Stockbridge Bowl Association, Former Delegate, 2018
Atomic Photographers Guild (APG), 2017
National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), 2016
Former National Writers Union ( NWU), Boston, 2016

Professional Positions
Delevingne and Associates, Founder and photographer, branding institutions including Phillips Academy at Andover, St. Paul’s School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Collegiate School, York Prep, and others, 1994-2014
National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA, principal photographer, 1994 -1999
Special to the New York Times/ TRAVEL, 1980-90’s
The Picture Group, Providence, RI, founding member 1980’s
Stock Boston, Member Boston, MA; 1980-90’s
Springfield Central, Inc., Principal Photographer. Springfield, MA, 1990’s
Medical Self Care, Staff photographer, 1985
Fresh Ink, Northampton MA, Photo Editor, Staff Photographer, 1980’s
Neighborhood Housing Services of America, Photographer, 1980’s
AFLCIO/National and AFSCME Local 93, Photographer, Boston, MA, 1980’s
Towards Tomorrow Fair, Staff Photographer, Amherst, MA, 1976-1978
Pathé, Paris, France, Color Printer, 1974
Technicolor Labs, Springfield MA- Color Printer, 1973
Becker Audio Visuals of Zurich, Switzerland, Technical consultant, Location Scout, 1972
Northeast Features Syndication, Amherst MA, 1970’s – co -founder – Photographer
Amherst Valley Advocate, free lance writer and Staff Photographer, 1975-1979