Career
Initially self-taught, he began photographing in ernest on a transcontinental bicycle trip he planned and executed at age 15 (1961). The trips are chronicled in a two-part article in The American Geographical Society’s Focus (Fall & Winter, 1990). Roger Camp is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s degree in English (1967) and a master’s degree in English (1969) from the University of Texas, Austin.
He also holds a masters and master’s of fine arts degree (1973,1974) from the University of Iowa in photography.
He started teaching English at Eastern Illinois University (1969) followed by a dual teaching position in English/Photography at the Columbus College of Art & Design (1974). Camp taught American students at the Cite Universitaire de Paris (1990) and directed the photography program at Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California (1977).
Camp served as a book reviewer for Library Journal (1981) and a contract photographer for Black Star, New York (1990). Camp was a Danforth Fellow in Black Studies (1969), a Visual Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown (1982), held a summer seminar Fulbright to Brazil (1988) and is the recipient of the Lecia Medal of Excellence in documentary photography (1992).
