"In my work I am not just interested in Vodou or in the religions. I see the ritual act as a means by which suffering and difficulty can be translated. The ceremony is a kind of theater. The participant is an actor. And the life and history of each person comes through in these generational rites. They provide an external form to the inner expression of the life that is lived. It is this enduring strength that I seek through my work as a kind of knowledge as to how we survive in a world that is transient."
Troi Anderson is a documentary photographer based in Portland, Oregon. Troi began his career working at Magnolia Pictures and later, as a Merchant Marine sailing throughout Asia and the South Pacific. Troi's photography has been exhibited across the US and internationally. His work was awarded for American Photography, Critical Mass Top 50, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Communication Arts, Smithsonian Photography Awards, Sony World Photography Awards, Aperture, IPA International Photography Awards and the Palm Springs Photography Festival. His work is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Photographic Arts.
Collections
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
Awards
2019 Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography, Finalist
2019 American Photography 35
2018 IPA International Photography Awards
A Deeper Perspective
2018 Communication Arts Photography Annual 59
2018 American Photography 34
2018 Palm Springs Photography Festival,
Featured Screening
2017 International Photography Awards
2017 Sony World Photography Awards, Commended
2016 American Photography 32
2015 Critical Mass Top 50
2015 International Photography Awards
2015 Palm Springs Photography Festival
Featured Screening, Songs of the Spirit
Featured Screening, Software Fictions
2015 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris
Gold Winner, First Place. Press/Feature Story
Gold Winner, First Place. Press
2015 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris, White Competition
Gold Winner, First Place. Documentary
Bronze Winner, Third Place. Documentary
Honorable Mention. Documentary
2014 Musee Magazine, Emerging Artist
2014 International Photography Awards
2014 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris
Silver Winner, 2nd place. Feature Story Category
Silver Winner, 2nd place. Feature Story Category
Silver Winner, 2nd Place.
2014 Smithsonian Magazine Photography Awards, finalist
2014 Sony World Photography Awards, Commended top 30 Photographers
2014 Aperture Summer Open, exhibition winner
2014 Kiku International Mountain Summit Photography Awards, finalist
2014 Professional Photographer Magazine, Photographer of the Year, finalist
Exhibitions
MOPA Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
October 12 to February 17 2020
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
November 7 to December 1 2019
International Photography Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel
November 27 through December 7 2019
2016 Fotofestiwal Lodz, Poland
2015 Museum of Photographic Arts Auction, San Diego, CA
2015 Prix De La Photographie Paris, Jury Selected Exhibition Paris, France
2015 Blue Sky Gallery Drawers Exhibition, Portland, OR
2015 Captured 52. www.captured52.com
2014 Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Daniel Cooney Fine Art, NYC
2014 Aperture Foundation Gallery, NYC
2013 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, ORe
2013 Basil Hallward Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Clients
Redux Pictures
Smithsonian Magazine
Geo France
CNN
Refinery 29
CARE INTERNATIONAL
Black and White Magazine
TIME LIGHTBOX