bobCollignon

Bob Collignon was a photographer based in Western New York. He received a BFA in art in 1978 from the State University of New York College at Buffalo, where he studied photography, anthropology, and jewelry design. Upon graduation he began work as a photographer's assistant at Myer's Photography in Buffalo, before accepting a position as curator and later assistant director at CEPA Gallery from 1980 to 1985. He pursued work on an MFA from the University at Buffalo (including serving as a teaching assistant) from 1982 through 1984, although he left the program before completing the degree in order to open the commercial firm Collignon/Jarosz Photography with fellow photographer Dave Jarosz. The award-winning studio has been in operation ever since, specializing in advertising, corporate, industrial, and editorial work, with a number of major regional and national clients. During the same period, Collignon exhibited solo work in galleries and museums, including the permanent collections of the Burchfield Penney and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. He was married to artist Linda Collignon and collaborated with writer Carl Thiel and producer Richard Wicka on an internet radio show, "Focus … It's Over-rated." For more information, visit bobdave.com.