Photographs of George Tice’s continued exploration of the urban landscape.

“Common Mementos is akin to a short story, a short film, an essay. It is my attempt to define and interpret the New Jersey with which I was familiar. I think of it as a journey in time as well as place. ”   

George Tice, a tenth generation New Jerseyan, was born in Newark in 1938. He began photographing in 1953, when he joined a local camera club. Fields of Peace (1970), Paterson (1972), and George Tice: Urban Landscapes (2002) are among his most celebrated books. He is presently at work on his latest project, Paterson II.

His photographs are included in the collections of over 80 museums worldwide, and his numerous exhibitions include solo exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1972) and the International Center of Photography (2002). He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bradford Fellowship, (England) and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Recent awards include the Golden Light Award from the Maine Photographic Workshops for George Tice: Urban Landscapes, which also won the Honor Book award from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. In 2003, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from William Paterson University.