Charles Meyer

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Tel: (617) 552-3982
E-mail: meyerc@bc.edu

B.A. Goddard College

Work by Charlie Meyer

Fields of Interest
Historical and contemporary aspects of Film and Photography, relating to social issues and humanitarian concerns.

Academic Profile
Charles A. Meyer, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Film and Photography, has been an active member of the Fine Arts faculty for over 20 years. He currently teaches a wide range of production courses including Photography I, Photography II, Photography III, and Documentary Photography. He has also held appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Hampshire College, and was the Harnish Visiting Artist in Photography at Smith College.

His photographs have been exhibited by numerous museums and galleries, including the Addison Gallery of American Art; the McMullen Museum of Art, where he has also curated exhibitions on Photography; the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston; and the UNESCO Gallery in Paris. His filmography includes Civil War and Baseball by Ken Burns, and recent projects on Conflict Resolution.

Exhibitions

2003		One-Person Exhibition, Witnessing Conflict: Photographs from the Balkans, Kosovo, and South Africa, Hammond Art Gallery, Fitchburg State College, MA
		One-Person Exhibition, Pictures from South Africa, 2nd International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination UNESCO Gallery, Paris, France
		Group Exhibition, Auction 2003, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
2002		Group Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA

2001		Group Exhibition, In-Sight Gallery, Dummerston, VT
2000		Juried Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
1999		Escape, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1998		Juried Exhibition, UNESCO Gallery, Paris, France Group Exhibition, Bang! The Gun as Image, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University

1995		One-Person Exhibition, Carolina Low Country, Boston College McMullen Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, MA
1993		Group Show, Society for Photographic Education, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
		Group Show, Local Photographers, Hampshire College Gallery, Amherst, MA
1992		Group Show, Faculty Exhibition, Hillery Hall Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA
1991		Group Show, Selections V, Polaroid Recent Acquisitions, European Traveling Show

1988		One-Person Show, Recent Color Work, Fine Arts Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
		Group Show, The People's Gallery, Verevan, USSR.
1987		Group Show, Personal Assignments, Fine Arts Gallery, Boston College, Newton Centre, MA
		One-Person Show, Refugee Camps in Thailand, Fine Arts Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
1986		Group Show, Fine Arts Gallery, St. Joseph's University, Merion, PA

		Group Show, Fish, Fine Arts Gallery, Boston College, Newton Centre, MA
1985		Group Show, Boston Now: Photography, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
		Group Show, Naked, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
		Group Show, Textiles to Technology, Project Community Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
1984		Group Show, Massachusetts Photographers, 1984, Federal Reserve Gallery, Boston, MA
		Group Show, Social Realist Photography, Fine Arts Gallery, Boston College, Newton Centre, MA

		One-Person Show, Recent Color Photographs, Project Community Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
		Group Show: Recent Photographs, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
		Group Show, Contemporary Color, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
1981		Group Show, Instant Images, Fine Arts Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1980		Group Show, New England Photography: Into the 80's, Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, NH (one-year traveling exhibition )
		Group Show, Automotive Image, Creative Photography Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1979		Members Show, Fine Arts Gallery, Boston Visual Artists Union, Boston, MA
1978		Group Show, The International Self-Portrait Invitational, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ
1973		Group Show, Four Photographic Centers, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
		Group Show, Non-Silver Images, Imageworks Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Photography Curatorships

1997		Edward S. Curtis Photographs, exhibition - McMullen Museum of Art
1995		Images of Conflict, lecture by Eddie Adams, exhibition at Burns Library Aaron Siskind: Toward a Personal Vision, 1935-1955, exhibition - McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
1994		The Photo League: A Progressive Era in American Photography, 1936-1951, exhibition - McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
1990		The Photo League: A Progressive Era in American Photography, 1936-1951, exhibition – McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College

EDUCATION
BA, Goddard College

RECENT AWARDS
Finalist, Artist Grants Program/Photography, Massachusetts Cultural Council

FILMOGRAPHY
Concurrent with the photographic work, He has also served as Associate Producer and still photographer for a series of four documentaries on conflict resolution in these same areas:

Different Drummers: Daring to Make Peace in the Middle East
(2003: 54 min.)
This film presents a series of documentary portraits of several Israeli peacemakers who lead the voices for a just and lasting peace and an end to the conflict. Well-known Palestinians briefly reply to their concerns.

South Africa: Beyond a Miracle
(2001; 55 minutes).
This film chronicles the evolution of South Africa through the years of apartheid to reconciliation, and projects what may happen next. The story is told through South Africans who witnessed firsthand their nation’s transition from apartheid to democracy. Both archival and contemporary footage is used. Many of these ‘witnesses’ suffered greatly under the old regime, yet each has forsaken revenge in hopes of building a better South Africa.

Unexpected Openings: Northern Ireland's Prisoners
(2000; 55 minutes).
This documentary presents the personal narratives of former prisoners, men who have returned to society after 15 to 20 years in prison. Former and present members of the Irish Republican Army, the Ulster Defense Association and the Ulster Volunteer Force, these men were considered by some to be freedom fighters and by others to be terrorists. In the film they share their reflections on their confinement and describe their common epiphany: the realization that their objectives could not be obtained through violence.

Prelude to Kosovo: War and Peace in Bosnia and Croatia
(1999; 52 minutes).
This film examines the historical background and events leading up to the bitter civil war in the former Yugoslavia, presenting the perspectives of the Serbian Orthodox, Bosnian Muslim and Croatian Catholics. The film addresses the ideology of "ethnic cleansing" and the massacres resulting from a nationalist quest for political, cultural and religious domination. Filmed in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia, the documentary inter-cuts newsreel footage and interviews with religious leaders, refugees, NGO Organizations and political figures.

Filmography(completed works)

1999		A Secret War in Shangri-La, 52 min., 16mm film. produced by White Crane Films for the BBC. Documentary on the CIA's support of Tibetan Resistance. Credit: Sound. Aired on the BBC Networks and WGBH, Boston, MA
1996		Into the Future, 16mm film, 54 min. A look at the future of computers in the world. Produced for American Experience. Credit: Sound. Public Broadcasting System (PBS) National Broadcast.
		P. T. Farnsworth, 54 min., 16mm film,. The invention of television. Produced for American Experience. Credit: Sound. PBS National Broadcast.
1995		Listening to Children: A Moral Journey with Robert Coles, 16mm film, 54 min. color/sound. Produced by Social Media Productions. Credit: Sound. PBS National Broadcast.
		The People's Plague: Tuberculosis in America, 16mm film, 52 min. color/sound. Florentine Film Production, Credit: Sound. Local PBS Broadcast.

1994		Baseball, 16mm film, 9 hrs. color/sound. Produced by Ken Burns. Credit: Sound. PBS National Broadcast.
		Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama, 16mm film, 55 min. color/sound. Produced by Lemle Pictures, NYC. Credit: Sound. Local PBS Broadcast.
1990		Civil War, 16mm film, 6 hrs. color/sound. Produced by Ken Burns. Credit: Sound. PBS National Broadcast.
		High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music 16mm film, 52 min. color/sound. Produced by Northside Films, NYC. Credit: Sound. PBS National Broadcast.
		Sentimental Women Need Not Apply: A History of the American Nurse, 16mm film, 54 min. color/sound. Produced by Florentine Films. Credit: Sound. Local PBS Broadcast.
		Lindbergh the Person, 16mm film 54 min. color/sound. Produced by Insignia Films, NYC. Credit: Sound. PBS National Broadcast.
		Thomas Hart Benton, A Portrait, 16mm film 54 min. color/sound. Produced by Ken Burns. Credit: Sound. PBS National Broadcast.

		Congress, 16mm film 54 min. color/sound. Produced by Ken Burns. Credit: Sound. PBS National Broadcast.
		Wilderness, 16mm film 54 min. color/sound. Produced by Florentine Films. Credit: Sound. PBS National Broadcast
		John Updike: Interview, 16mm film, 45 min. color/sound. Produced by American Film Institute/Bruce Swartz Credit: Sound.
1979		Joan Robinson: One Woman's Story, produced by Red Cloud Productions. 16mm film, 150 min. color/sound. Credit: Assistant Editor/sound Recordist. Aired on PBS Jan. 12, 1980

Additional Professional Work (Film)

1991		Director/Editor, No Authority but from God, B/W Video, 30 min. sound. A discussion with James Luther Adams, produced by the James Luther Adams Foundation
1990		Director/Editor, Religion under Hitler in the 1930's, B/W Video, 30 min. sound. Conversations with James Luther Adams, produced by the James Luther Adams Foundation
1988		Editor, Fire Command, produced by the American Petroleum Institute; 16 mm film, 24 min. color/sound
1986		Editor, Petroleum Fire, produced by the American Petroleum Institute; 16 mm film, 28 min. color/sound.
		Editor, Serving Alcohol Responsibly, produced by Marriott Hotel; 16 mm film, 30 min. color/sound.

		Photographer/Sound Recordist, Cambodian Refugee Camps, produced by Refugees International with the assistance of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees; 16 mm film, 27 min. color/sound
		Sound Recordist, Adirondacks, produced by Florentine Films for the Adirondacks Museum; 16 mm film, 22 min. color/sound.
		Sound Recordist, Living Lakes, produced by the Film Group for the Living Lakes Foundation; 16 mm film, 25 min. color/sound
1985		Sound Recordist, Ohio High, produced by the Film Group for the State of Ohio; 16 mm film, 30 min. color/sound.
		Photographer/Sound Recordist, The Hooded America, produced for French television on the Klu Klux Klan; 16 mm film, 60 min. color/sound.
		Sound Recordist, Managing Problems, an IBM corporate training video: 60 min.
		Sound Recordist, Boston Rebuilds, produced by Northern Light Productions for the City of Boston; 16 mm, 15 min.

TELEVISION SERIES (Sound Recordist)

1980-86		Science, Series Italian TV Economics/interview John Kenneth Galbraith British Broadcasting Corp Odyssey ,Series Public Broadcasting System
1980-86		In Search of , Series American Broadcasting Corp. What's Up America California Cable James Michener's America , Series Public Broadcasting System That's Incredible , Series American Broadcasting Corp. Discover the World of Science National Broadcasting Corp. American Lung Association National Public Service Announcement (PSA) Diabetic Retinopathy National PSA Concern for Dying Regional PSA United Way of Hartford Regional PSA Preservation of New Hampshire Forest Regional PSA I Could Have Killed Him WCVB-TV Special on child abuse.

FILMOGRAPHY (Productions by Chester-Barley Films)

1984		Significant Hazards, a case-study documentary on a community environmental issue, 16 mm film, 24 min. color/sound.
		Fire Response, produced for the National Fire Protection Association, 16mm film, 22 min. color/sound.
		Fire at the MGM Grand, produced for the National Fire Protection Association, 16 mm film, 16 min. color/sound.
		Fire in America, produced for the National Fire Protection Association, 16 mm film, 30 min. color/sound.
1980		The Bottom Line, produced by funds provided by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. Video, 30 min. color/sound.
		King's Lynne Partnership: A Private Solution to a Public Housing Problem, produced for the King's Lynne Partnership Company; 16 mm film, 30 min. color/sound.

1977		Massachusetts Story, produced for Gordon Massingham under a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy; 16 mm film, 58 min. color/sound.
1976		Incident, Produced for the Harvard Law School under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities; 16 mm film,10 min. color/sound.
		Lenny and Ike, 16 mm film, 15 min. color/sound. Award winning film.

AWARDS AND FEATURED SCREENINGS (Chester Barley Films)

1985		Significant Hazards, Finalist, American Film Festival 2nd Place, National Education Film Festival Bronze Medal, Columbus International Film Festival
1984		Significant Hazards, Bronze Medal, Texas International Film Festival Certificate of Merit, Intercom '84
1983		Fire Response, Honorable Mention, American Film Festival
		Fire at the MGM Grand, Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival Premiere screening at the Kennedy Library Theatre
		The Bottom Line, Merit Award, Chicago International Film Festival

1981		King's Lynne Partnership, Finalist, American Film Festival
1980		Lenny and Ike, First, Boston Independent Film Festival

AWARDS AND FEATURED SCREENINGS (Chester Barley Films)

1979		Massachusetts Story, Second Place, Texas International Film Festival Screening: Museum of Modern Art
1978		Massachusetts Story, Finalist, American Film Festival First Place, University of Massachusetts Film Festival
1978		Closer to Home, Gold Plaque, InterCom '78 Gold Medal, Miami International Film Festival First Place, Mental Health Film Festival Merit Award, New York Film & Television Festival
1977		Incident, Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival

1976

Lenny and Ike, Merit Award, Athens International Film Festival Director's Choice, Sinking Creek Film Festival.