John Menapace

John Menapace (1927–2010) was a fine art photographer and educator who spent much of his career in North Carolina; in the early 70s, Menapace began to teach photography at Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Penland School of Crafts. In 1984, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh put on their first show devoted solely to photography with Menapace’s work. An exhibit was later held at North Carolina State University’s the Gregg Museum of art in 2006, which subsequently led to the publishing of a book based on the show titled With Hidden Noise. His photographs have also been exhibited posthumously—in 2014, the Gregg Museum of Art hosted his work once more as a major retrospective of his images.