Sheila Pree Bright
Shelia Pree Bright (b.1967) lives and works in Atlanta, GA. Her work focuses on African American image and Civil Rights. Her recent series, #1960Now, includes portraits of Civil Rights activists and the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore following the deaths of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray. Bright earned her BS from the University of Missouri in 1998, where she became interested in photography during her senior year. She received her MFA from Georgia State University in 2003. Her work has been featured at the Smithsonian African American History and Culture Museum, Washington, DC; The High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA; The Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA; City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs and the Pyramid Peak Foundation, Memphis, TN.