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| Lizzie Oglesby graduated in 2003 from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. At Hollins, she obtained a B.A. in film & photography and a minor in creative writing. During college, Oglesby interned in the photographs department at both the Museum of Modern Art and Sotheby's, in New York City. A Richmond, Virginia native, she also interned at Style Weekly magazine, where she photographed everything from new restaurants to punk rock kids who feed the homeless. In 2004, Oglesby moved to Savannah, Georgia to pursue a terminal degree in photography at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She taught digital imaging for the web as a teaching assistant with Steve Aishman, and intro to black and white craft with Zig Jackson. She graduated in 2006 with a M.F.A. in photography. |
| She taught photography at St. Catherine's School and at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts before moving to Oxford, Mississippi in 2007. In Oxford, Oglesby is a freelance photographer and volunteer for the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council. She is a member of the Oxford Artist's Guild, the oldest arts organization in Oxford, and she maintains their official blog. She is also the creator of, "Pick It Up, Oxford! Oxford's Guide to Greener Living" and she manages "LOSTAIRE - Lizzie Oglesby: Shuffled Thougths on Art and Other Impermanent Records of Existence." Both blogs comment on various aspects of the state of Mississppi and beyond. She was featured in the Arts & Entertainment section of The Oxford Enterprise, Volume 1, Number 4 on October 25, 2009. Click here to download the pdf of the article. Oglesby also works as Director of Design for MacLaren Jewelers in Glen Allen, Virginia. (Photo above taken by Elli Williams of The Oxford Enterprise.) |
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