John Moore

John Moore was born in 1955 and has lived in Charleston for almost 50 years.  He is a structural engineer by profession, but photography has been his serious avocation and passion for more than 40 years. 

The focus of John Moore’s work has chiefly been natural landscapes, as well as the streets and buildings of Charleston and the rural areas of South Carolina.  The images range from approximate documentation of the scene to abstractions.

Moore’s photographs have appeared in many juried exhibits, including several “Southern Visions” exhibits at The Museum of York County in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and several Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibits here in Charleston.  In 1987 and in 1997, he had solo exhibits at The City Gallery of Charleston.  He has had several solo shows at the Charleston County Library, and has participated in many group exhibitions.

2018    Photographs of the Great Smoky Mountains*
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, North Carolina

2018    Dialogues Improvises
Corrigan Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

2016   Twenty Four*
Corrigan Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

2009   Metal 2010*
International Conference on the Conservation of Metals
Charleston, South Carolina

2008   Allons Y
Corrigan Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

2007   ML2CP:
Color Photographs by John Moore & Sandy Logan
Corrigan Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

2006   Losing the Reference
Upstairs Artspace
Tryon, North Carolina

2006   Light Writing
Corrigan Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

2005   Charleston County Library*
Charleston, South Carolina

2003   Nina Liu and Friends Gallery*
Charleston, South Carolina

2000   Open Shutter
Artizom Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

1998   The Lowcountry Heritage Society
Gibbes Art Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

1997  The Lowcountry Heritage Society
Sottile Theatre
Charleston, South Carolina

1997   Rust Never Sleeps*
City Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

1996   Nina Liu and Friends Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

1995-  Seewee Visitor Center
Awendaw, South Carolina

1993   South Carolina Photographers Guild:
Celebrate the Earth: A Nature Photography Exhibit
Old Santee Canal State Park
Moncks Corner, South Carolina

1992   Charleston County Library*
Charleston, South Carolina

1991   South Carolina Photographers Guild,
Piccolo Spoleto Visual Arts Program*
Charleston County Library
Charleston, South Carolina

1990   Charter Members of the South Carolina
Photographers Guild
Jan Goin Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

1987   Photographs of the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park*
City Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

*solo exhibition

2008   Vanishing Landscapes
Charleston City Waterfront Gallery
Charleston, South Carolina

2001   Southern Visions
Museum of York County
Rock Hill, South Carolina

1998   Piccolo Spoleto
Charleston, South Carolina

1996   Southern Visions
Museum of York County
Rock Hill, South Carolina

1992   Southern Visions
Museum of York County
Rock Hill, South Carolina

1991   Piccolo Spoleto
Charleston, South Carolina

1991   Southern Visions
Traveling Exhibit

1990   Southern Visions
Museum of York County
Rock Hill, South Carolina

1990   Piccolo Spoleto
Charleston, South Carolina

1989   Piccolo Spoleto
Charleston, South Carolina

1987   Piccolo Spoleto
Charleston, South Carolina

The South Carolina Joint Legislative Committee on Cultural Affairs and the South Carolina Arts Federation chose one of John Moore’s photographic images as the award to be given to each recipient for the South Carolina Business and the Arts Partnership Awards in Columbia, South Carolina, in January 1990.

John Moore has been instrumental in the design of four buildings which have received American Institute of Architects National Awards.

John Moore was on the City of Charleston Board of Architectural Review from 1994 to 2004.