"As a photographer, I bear witness to the traditions, rituals and rights of passage of my friends, family and clients. As an anthropologist, I leave behind an archive of images from my life's work; and in turn, reveal a tableaux of how a population in our culture celebrates marriage and family. As a woman, I understand and reveal the perfectly flawed form of the female body and capture a partner's unfettered love for it. As a craftsman, I escape to worlds filled with papers, books, leathers, cloths and wonderful characters to unearth raw materials for the objects I produce. As a mother, I know children will behave, smile, and please us only when they choose. As a person I have discovered my love for humanity and the ways in which we celebrate life." -MISSY MCLAMB
2013 FLANDERS GALLERY, solo show, Durham, North Carolina
2012 HEIRTZ WEITZEN GALLERY, solo show, Charlotte, North Carolina
2012 ON THE ROAD WITH JIMMIE JOHNSON
2006 MYSELF TOGETHER AGAIN, photography project and book documenting the breast-reconstruction procedure of 30 year-old cancer survivor Debbie Horwitz. Endowed by a Susan G. Komen Grant
2007 NBC TODAY SHOW appearance
1996 EDDIE ADAMS WORKSHOP X, a prestigious tuition-free workshop available to student and emerging professional photographers. Enrollment is limited to 100 participants and participants are selected based on portfolio and references. For one week young photographers are mentored by photo editors from prestigious editorial publications including The New York Times and National Geographic Magazine.
1994 SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM GRANT received a $500 grant
1995 INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PRIZE, team reporting 1995 ELECTRONIC PHOTOJOURNALISM WORKSHOP, fellow
enrolled in the top Journalism Schools in the country.
1995 HEARST FOUNDATIONS, national finalist. Ranked 12th in the country in the field of photojournalism students
1995 VISUAL ART EXCHANGE, group show, Raleigh, North Carolina
PRIVATE
Tim & Nina Belk
Crandall & Erskine Bowles
Judy & Jamie Dimon
Joan & Denis Gillings
Janet & J. Frank Harrison, II
Chandra & Jimmie Johnson
Libby Johnson
Tabitha & Stephen King
Suzanne McKinney
Dowd & Webb Simpson
Linnea & Dean Smith
EDITORIAL
MARTHA STEWART LIVING
PEOPLE MAGAZINE
RANDOM HOUSE
FOOD & WINE MAGAZINE
ABC GOOD MORNING AMERICA
THE WASHINGTON POST
MSNBC
CORPORATE
IBM
AMERICAN EXPRESS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
“Unlike most photographers, she disappears into one’s event-a bit like having another friend floating about. And much more importantly, the photographs are remarkable. Couldn’t recommend her more highly.” ELIZABETH SASSER [Sea Island, GA]
“MISSY MCLAMB is in a class by herself. Her lovely demeanor, unassuming nature and impeccable talent is unsurpassed. We were thrilled” BETH DANNHAUSER [New York, NY]
“Missy was great from beginning to end. Her pictures were unique and elegant just what we had asked for. We hardly knew She was there, either. She has a great eye and we couldn’t have asked for better.” COLLEEN DORNEY [Raleigh, NC]
“As an artist, she uses the light, color, shadows and movement to create lovely imagery without sentimentality, the inherit romance and energy of the wedding.” C. JOHNSON [NYC | Charlotte]