Fontanella’s Corner
Historical timeline
Lee Fontanella
1941
Stafford Springs, Connecticut.
Tolland County town. The town’s history spans a time period of over 300 years.
1946
1948
1951
1959
Year 1959
1961
Univ. Complutense, Madrid, 1961-62, 1965-66 (NYU Jr. year & Masters programs)
In Madrid
Year 1962
1970-1993
Administration and Service,
University of Texas, Austin.
Courses Taught (many of these, multiple times)
1970-1993
Director of Doctoral Dissertations, MA Theses, Honors Papers,
University of Texas Austin.
1970-1976
Assistant Professor at University of Texas, Austin
1970
1971
Milestone Nº1
Princeton University, PhD.
1976-1984
Associate Professor at University of Texas, Austin
1976
1981
Spanish photohistory book (1981) won two awards: one national (Barcelona Graphic Arts).
1982
Milestone Nº2
Arles, France.
Annual photographic congress it was named one of the four best publications in the world in the field of photography for 1981-82.
1983
After the publication of the book that incorporated a tenth of his Thesis on the History of Photography in Spain. At Stephanie Merrim’s house.
November 1983.
1984-1993
Full Professor at
University of Texas, Austin
1984
1990
Laredo. Summer Course.
July 1990.
1991-1993
Chair of Spanish and Portuguese Dept.
University of Texas, Austin
1991
1993-2002
2002-2006
WPI; beginning 2002, for Madrid & London centers only
Ju/1993 – Jun/2002
Prof. Humanities and Head of Humanities and Arts at WPI, Worcester, Massachusetts
1993
2001
2003
2004-2019
Invited Professor
Univ. Polit. Valencia, Masters prog.Photog. Arts & History
2004
2005
Invited Professor at University of Texas, Austin, spring 2005.
2006
With Isabel Ortega in the doorway of Lee F.’s house.
Photo: Gerardo Kurtz.
Madrid. 2006.
2009
Milestone Nº 3
Named Andrew Carnegie Centenary Professor for the Scottish System, 2009.
By nomination only; once every three or more years, one person in world is appointed.
2011
2015
Kurutziaga Street, next to the Garai and Areitio Palaces, Durango.
Photo: Iban Gorriti.
March, 2015.
2021
2022
Semana Santa “LA PASIÓN”.
A stereoscopic vision.
Curators: Lee F. y Juantxo Egaña.
Photo: Juan José Sanchez García.
