Born in 1938 in New Jersey, where his ancestors settled ten generations ago, George Tice still lives and photographs there with passion and dedication. His Urban Landscapes project, which he began in 1967 to celebrate his native state, will come to fruition in 2002 with a major exhibition at the International Center for Photography in New York. From that project point light has already shown several images, some of which have also been exhibited and acclaimed worldwide, including "Oak Tree, Holmdel, NJ 1970" and "Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, NJ 1974".

Tice's 47 year long career as a photographer includes many solo exhibitions, numerous awards and the publication of twelve books. His first book, Fields of Peace (1970, revised and enlarged edition, 1998) contains exquisite images of the Amish people and their farmlands in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The camera shy Amish allowed Tice into their community and the resulting photographs are superb, especially "Amish children playing in snow, Lancaster, PA 1969" and "Two Amish boys, Lancaster, PA 1962".

In 1990 Tice visited Yorkshire as Fellow in Photography at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (Bradford). He and his camera discovered the literary landscape of the area, home of the Brontes, JB Priestley and Bram Stoker. The book which came out of that sojourn is Stone walls, grey skies (1991).

Tice photographs mostly in New Jersey and neighbouring New York, but also in Maine, Ohio and Tennessee. He once commented, "If I were given the choice of travelling to China or Missouri, I'd probably pick Missouri. I want to be known as an American photographer."

For much of his career Tice has been known as a "master printer" and there are few who can equal his meticulous technique. More recently he has become recognized as the master American photographer that he undoubtedly is. This title was confirmed with his retrospective at the International Center for Photography (New York) in 2002 and the publication of his latest book Urban Landscapes.

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