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Portrait of an older man with light hair and glasses, smiling while holding a Canon camera with a flash attachment. Framed photographs hang on the wall behind him in a gallery setting.

Exhibit by MSU Professor Part of Inaugural Cape Town Photography Festival

September 18, 2025

“Attached to the Soil,” the Fulbright Scholar portrait project by Peter Glendinning, Professor of Photography in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, is a featured exhibition and was the kick-off event for the month-long inaugural Cape Town Photography Festival in South Africa. Consisting of 50 photographic portraits, Glendinning’s “Attached to the Soil” was created over a…

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MSU Professor Creates Body of Work to be Exhibited Throughout South Africa

July 13, 2022

For seven months in 2019, Peter Glendinning, Professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design, traveled throughout South Africa to each of its nine provinces where he created a body of work inspired by the words of Nelson Mandela in collaboration with 48 South African university students and portrait subjects. That body of work, titled Attached to the Soil,…

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Professor Looking to Open New Doors Through Fulbright Specialist Roster Tenure

July 15, 2021

After a seven-month Fulbright Scholar Service in South Africa in 2019, Peter Glendinning, Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, has been granted a four-year tenure on the Fulbright Specialist Roster. His tenure began June 11, 2021, and runs through June 11, 2025. Professor Peter Glendinning(Photo by Basil Brady Photography) Established in 2001 by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau…

Man with short blonde hair and glasses smiling at the camera

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Recent Alum Working in L.A. on Promotional Material for Upcoming Film

July 7, 2021

Charles Benoit completed his B.F.A. in Studio Art: Photography from Michigan State University last month and is now using the skills he gained as an undergraduate by working in Los Angeles on promotional material for Mark Rodriguez’s upcoming film, Rudolf.

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Professor Glendinning Receives William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award

March 11, 2021

In recognition of his comprehensive and sustained record of scholarly excellence, instruction, and outreach, Peter Glendinning, Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, has received the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award. Supported by MSU’s Office of University Development, the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Awards are made each year to faculty members for their outstanding total service to the…

Faculty / News

Glendinning Returns to South Africa as a Fulbright Scholar

February 7, 2019

Twenty years after he first traveled to South Africa, Peter Glendinning, Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, has returned as a Fulbright Scholar to teach at Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria and Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, and create a body of artwork inspired by the words of Nelson Mandela. This year marks 25 years…

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Exhibition / Faculty / News / Study Abroad

Exhibit Inspired by Teachings of MSU Professors Travels to Ireland

November 30, 2018

Starting at Michigan State University and traveling nearly 4,000 miles around the world, the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology in Galway, Ireland, hosted a photography exhibit at its Center for the Creative Arts and Media that showcases the work of the 127 photographers from 39 countries who were students of the first Photography Specialization course, taught by MSU Professors Peter Glendinning,…

Mark Sullivan and Peter Glendinning looking at photographs in a gallery

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Register Now for MSU Arts Weekend June 2020

November 29, 2016

Photographs from 127 students from 39 different countries are now on display in Gallery 101 of Kresge Art Center through Friday, December 9. The photos represent the skills learned and work completed as part of a five-course specialization, Photography Basics and Beyond: From Smartphone to DSLR, offered online by Michigan State University through Coursera, an online education provider that partners…

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Fun Is Just A Snap Away

August 29, 2016

Have you ever regretted not taking more “just for fun” classes during your time at MSU? Peter Glendinning, a longtime professor from the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, wants to give lifelong learners of all ages a chance to take another class: Photography Basics and Beyond: From Smartphone to DSLR. The course has five different lessons that walk learners…

man holding photograph portrait of himself

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Peter Glendinning Awarded ASMP Award

November 11, 2015

Peter Glendinning has been honored as one of 24 American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) “Best of 2015.” Founded in 1944, ASMP has more than 7,000 members and 39 chapters, and its members are among the most widely recognized photography professionals in all aspects of the medium. Says Glendinning, “ASMP membership has given me so many insights into the ways and means of the…