Melody Golding is an author, photographer and artist living in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History Archives Center acquired her solo documentary exhibit; Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember and also her documentary photography and oral history project on Panther Tract: Wild Boar Hunting in the Mississippi Delta. Her photographs are on display in the Congressional Hearing Room at the Department of Homeland Security and have been featured in solo exhibitions at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., and at numerous universities, colleges and museums.
Melody's four books published by The University Press of Mississippi are; Katrina; Mississippi Women Remember, Panther Tract; Wild Boar Hunting in the Mississippi Delta, Life Between the Levees: America's Riverboat Pilots and Hometown Mississippi. Her photography has also been published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, Journal of Women's Studies. Her work has been featured and published by the Royal Photographic Society Awards Journal, London England.
Melody was honored by The MS Humanities Council in receiving the Chair's Award for Special Achievements in the Humanities which recognizes an individual that has made special contributions to the public humanities in her body of work about Hurricane Katrina and she was awarded the Herman T. Pott Award for her book "Life Between the Levees, America's Riverboat Pilots" by the St. Louis Mercantile Library, St Louis Missouri.
Other Awards and Commendations Include:
- Presidential Letter from George W. Bush for photography in Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember
- Congressional Recognition Award from congressman Bennie Thompson
- Mississippi Governors Award Nominee
- Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters nominee for the book Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember
Her work is in private and public collections and she has written for various statewide publications.
Melody received her BFA from Mississippi State University.