Glenn Triest (’82 Photography) Selected as Juror for Re/View: CCS Alumni Exhibition
January 9, 2025
Header image credit: Photo by Glenn Triest
CCS is proud to announce that the 2025 Re/View: CCS Alumni Exhibition will be juried by Glenn Triest, a 1982 Photography alumnus, esteemed Detroit-based photographer, and long-standing member of the Alumni Council. The exhibition opens on May 16, 2025, in the Valade Family Gallery.
Re/View 2025: Artist Vision
The CCS Alumni Exhibition is a rich tradition I am honored to see thrive and grow, uniting artists across diverse talents, disciplines, generations, and experiences. I see this exhibition as a space where we, as alumni, are unified as if in orbit by the compelling force to create, returning to our shared place of artistic origin. Together, our diverse perspectives and works come together to celebrate the legacy of CCS—a vibrant testament to the power of creativity and community.
Artist Bio
A commercial and editorial photographer based in Ferndale, Michigan, Glenn Triest founded Triest Photographic in 1987. With a career spanning over 40 years, his work focuses on portraiture, capturing the depth and diversity of the human condition. His compelling stories have explored topics such as mental health, politics, business, healthcare, and homelessness, with more than 20,000 of Triest’s photographs published across national and international platforms.
Deeply committed to his community, Triest serves on several Detroit nonprofit boards and has created Imprint Press, a nonprofit initiative that produces fundraising materials for charitable organizations. He is also the president of the Coville Photographic Art Foundation and has been an active member of the College for Creative Studies Alumni Council since 2009.
Triest began as a street photographer, honing his skills in intuition and sensitivity as he documented life on the streets of Detroit. This early work sparked a lifelong passion for the city’s landscapes and the vibrant stories of its people. Today, he continues to pursue personal photography projects and professional assignments. In recent years, Triest has expanded his creative practice to include metalworking, crafting pieces that juxtapose Detroit’s organic beauty with its industrial character.
