Jay Gould is a Louisiana-based artist and assistant professor of photography at Louisiana Tech University.  Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gould recieved his B.F.A. in photography from the University of Wisconsin and his M.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art & Design in Georgia.  His work, which integrates scientific topics into photographic projects, has won numerous national awards, such as the Berenice Abbott Prize for an emerging photographer, the Jeannie Pierce Award, and First Place at the Newspace Center for Photography’s International Juried Exhibition.  Gould’s work is widely exhibited around the country, making solo and group exhibition appearances at the University of Notre Dame, The Julia Dean Gallery in Los Angeles, the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Griffin Museum, just to name a few.  Gould also participates in the larger artistic community as a member of the faculty at the Maine Media Workshops, an advisory board member of the Society for Photographic Education’s SouthCentral region and as a frequent visiting lecturer at a variety of schools and conferences.

From one of Jay's students:

"Jay Gould is awesome! MMW is the best!"
- Tim Briggs, Sherborn, MA