Originally from Dallas, Texas Darryl Baird has a forty-year career as a photographer and educator.
His initial education was at the United States Naval School of Photography in Pensacola, Florida. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in Broadcast-Film Arts from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
He worked for twenty years as a commercial architectural, advertising, and editorial photographer. He left the commercial field for graduate school, first in a doctoral program in Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas-Dallas and later earned a Master of Fine Arts in Photography at the University of North Texas.
Darryl is an Emeritus Professor of Art at the University of Michigan-Flint After creating graphic design and photography programs. Formerly chair of the Communication and Visual Arts department.
He is currently working across a wide spectrum of techniques and media, from large format (8x10) using vintage 19th century optics and antiquarian processes to high-definition digital video output. His work is included in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Art, Museum of Fine Art in Houston Texas, and the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2020-2023 |
Emeritus Professor of Art, University of Michigan-Flint, ... South Beach, Oregon Retired to the coast of Oregon to continue a career as a visual artist. Concentrating on landscapes and abstraction in nature. Experimenting with alternative optics, alternative processes, and revisiting work from my 50+ years as a photographer. |
2013-2020 |
Professor of Art, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan Continued service to the University through serving as Communication and Visual Arts department chair, advisor the the Provost, CAS Executive Committee. |
2004-2012 |
Associate Professor of Art, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan Continuing the development and expansion of programs in photography and graphic design. Department chair of Communication and Visual Arts (five degree programs) between 2006-2010. |
1998-2003 |
Assistant Professor of Art, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan Teaching photography, digital imaging, and graphic design. Develop and direct programs in photography and graphic design. Design new facility for photography and graphic design. |
