Collette V. Fournier

Collette V. Fournier is a native New Yorker and lives in Rockland County, NY. A retired college photographer, Fournier continues to teach photography at Rockland Community College.

Fournier received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BS degree in Communications and Photographic Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Fournier has worked as a staff photographer for The Rockland Journal-News, The Bergen Record, about...time magazine, and freelanced for The New York Post. Earlier in her career, she also worked in the television industry.

Fournier travels extensively and is writing a personal narrative on her journey into photography. She has presented her photographs in 12 solo exhibitions and 50 group shows, and actively exhibits her “Retrospective Series: Spirit of a People.” In addition to being an active member of the African American photography collective Kamoinge Inc., Fournier is currently working with The CEJJES Institute team to create a Black Cultural and Arts Museum in Rockland County. Fournier’s work can be seen on www.collettefournierphotography.com

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