Linda Cummings choreographs, interacts and constructs photographic narratives in response to her experience of the dynamic impact of culture, nature and technology on perception.
Cummings’ photographic performance-based “Slippages” (1992-2002) photographic project has been published in book form by SKIRA (2026). “Slippages” is a pivotal contribution to feminist photography, and has been collected widely and exhibited by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Smith College Art Museum, Amherst, MA; Tang Museum of Art, Saratoga, NY; Muskarell Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA; Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY; Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY and Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland, among others.
Cummings has been on the teaching faculty at the International Center of Photography in New York since 1995. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards from institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY; Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga, NY; Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT and is a recipient of the Susan B. Anthony Award from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Cummings’s photography is published in exhibition catalogues and leading contemporary art journals, including BlindSpot and Aperture.
Linda Cummings began her photographic career in 1978 with hand-made cameras she fashioned in the shape of decoy pigeons to interact with, and make images of, live pigeons in public parks in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her professional career developed as an industrial photographer for Mack Trucks in Allentown, PA. before moving to New York City. She holds a Masters of Fine Art from Mason Gross College of Art at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, in Halifax, N.S. Canada.
Recent photographic commissions build upon Cummings’ interest in perception and natural phenomena, incorporating large scale works and materials like transilluminated light through photographic glass. These architectural collaborations engage the public and institutional partners, including houses of worship, hospitals, and residential centers.
A comprehensive overview of Cummings’ photographic portfolios, exhibitions, collections, lectures and bibliography can be found here on her website.