Alan McQuillan: Photography-related Bio

2025 Tokyo International Foto Awards, “Gold” in People/Event section

2025 International Photography Awards, New York, “Honorable Mention” and Official Selection and in Architecture-Historic

2025 London International Creative Competition, Official Selection “Whimcycles” series

2025 Visual Artists Association, London, longlisted for “Visual Art Open 2025”

2024 International Photography Awards, New York, Offical Selections in Nature-Trees and Panorama

2024 International Photography Awards, New York, 3 Offical Selections in “One Shot”

2024 London International Creative Competition, Official Selection “Whimcycles”

2024 Visual Artists Association, London, longlisted for 2024 Visual Arts Award

2024 Murmuration., exhibition in London’s west end celebrating 400th anniversary of Latymer Upper School

2024 Exhibited in Minneapolis at the Praxis Gallery

2023 London International Creative Competition, Official Selection “The Day Before The Coronation”

2023    Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition, London

2023    Royal Photographic Society’s Summer Exhibition, Bristol

2023    Frame of Mind Gallery, Missoula, Montana, solo show, October

2022    Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition, London

2022    International Photography Awards, New York (“Special Selection”)

2013    International Photography Awards, New York (First place, panoramic section)

2013    International Photography Awards, New York (Honourable mention, photo-book section)

2006-18           Exhibited in Montana, London, Yorkshire, Berlin, Athens, Montreal, Turkey, Vermont

2009    Awarded as Associate of Royal Photographic Society

2007    Royal Photographic Society (International Projected Image exhibition)

2004    Retired from Faculty of Forestry, University of Montana, to pursue my passion for photography

1984    Built darkroom and began printing with Cibachrome

1981    Join Faculty of Forestry, University of Montana

1971    Move to Missoula, Montana to pursue career in forestry

1970    Decline job opportunity in photography with a London advertising agency in order to travel in USA

1966-70           Photograph student protests and make 16mm films while a student at The City University, London

1964    Royal Photographic Society’s annual slide exhibition (honourable mention)

1963    Assemble darkroom for black-and-white printing

1960    My first 35mm camera, age 12