Trotter’s ‘Recent Work from the Arid Southwest’ featured
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico is pleased to announce the opening of: Recent Work from the Arid Southwest, a photo exhibit by John A. Trotter. Trotter is deputy executive vice president for Health Sciences at the UNM Health Science Center.
He received his Ph.D. in biological structure from the University of Washington and has been on the faculty of the University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine for more than 30 years.
The exhibit, featuring photos from California’s Death Valley National Park and New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument, opens this week with a reception on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 5-7 p.m. and will run through December.
Trotter describes his photographs as pointing toward “the world hidden in the world.” His works are influenced by the Zone System, as formulated by Ansel Adams, and inspired by the abstract expressionist, Louis Aiello, whose life was devoted to the search for meaning through art. In 2004, Trotter’s interest in contemplative photography became an effective form of art therapy for him after he was diagnosed and successfully treated for cancer.
Art therapy has many benefits for patients and caregivers with both emotional and physical illnesses. It offers a means to express thoughts, feelings and concerns, divert attention from long treatment regimens, reduce anxiety, improve coping skills, reduce stress, increase self-awareness and a variety of other benefits. Trotter’s photography has been an important part of his own healing process and he hopes that exhibitions like this one will aid in the healing of others.
Recent Work from the Arid Southwest - Photos by John A. Trotter RWJF Center for Health Policy Located on the first level of Johnson Gallery at 1909 Las Lomas Rd. NE The exhibit is open Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Also featured at the exhibit opening will be Senators Sue Wilson Beffort and Mary Kay Papen reading Senate Memorial 49, which recognizes the RWJF Center for its achievements and future promise.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu