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30 By 30: Patt Blue / Ruth Orkin
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 Patt Blue is a photographer known for her intense, long-term documentary projects and unflinching eye. In the 1980′s, images from “Other People,€ her study of disabled residents at Goldwater Memorial Hospital, were published in LIFE Magazine and recognized by the Leica Medal of Excellence for Humanistic Photography and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Citation, among many honors. Other bodies of work include “How Far Is Heaven,€ about the culture of poverty in a rural family of twelve; “Heart of Man,€ depicting the struggle between the corporeal and the spiritual for male figures; and “Biologically Yours,€ a study [continue reading...]
30 By 30: Editta Sherman / The Natural
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 Editta Sherman is a legendary portrait photographer who has captured many famous figures of the stage, screen and world. For years she worked in a studio in Carnegie Hall, where she also socialized with the likes of Andy Warhol and Bill Cunningham, and lived a joyous, buoyant vie bohème. The artist residents were evicted from Carnegie Hall in 2010, but Sherman’s spirit remains undiminished. She will be a hundred years young in July and is still going strong. Which woman photographer inspired you the most? ES: When I began, it was a time when most women were not interested [continue reading...]
30 By 30: Kay Kenny / Judy Dater
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 Kay Kenny is a painter and photographer who lives and works in New Jersey. She has a BFA and MFA from Syracuse University, and an MA from Rutgers University, all in the visual arts. She has taught photography for over fifteen years at New York University and the International Center of Photography. Kenny has had numerous solo shows, most recently in Taiwan, Colombia, Texas and New York City. In 2009, she won a Lucie Award Honorable Mention for Fine Art Photography, and is a three-time recipient of an NJSCA fellowship. Recent publications about her work include Photography’s Antiquarian Avant-Garde, by [continue reading...]
30 By 30: Judi Bommarito / Mary Ellen Mark
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 Judi Bommarito is an adjunct faculty member at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Grand Prize and Juror Selection in PWP’s 36th Anniversary International Open Call, Best of Show at the St. Lawrence Gallery, Third Place at Paint Creek Center for the Arts’ Annual Celebrate Michigan Artists Exhibit, and First Place in the Scarab Club’s Annual Michigan Photography Exhibition. She recently worked on the photography and design for the music CD Open Domain, and her photo emulsion collage was included in Kathleen Thormod Carr’s book Photo Manipulations. Which woman photographer [continue reading...]
30 By 30: Ann George / Josephine Sacabo
30 Women Photographers and the Women Photographers Who Inspired Them A Blog Series in Honor of Women’s History Month, March 1 – 31 Ann George is an award-winning fine art photographer born and raised in Louisiana. For many years she worked as a critical care nurse, but when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, turned seriously to photography. Since then George’s work has won numerous awards and been exhibited widely. She lives with her husband and four sons in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is represented by Nevares Fine Art in New York. Which woman photographer inspired you most? AG: Josephine Sacabo. While strolling around the New Orleans French quarter one day in 1995, I happened to wander into the The A Gallery For Fine Art Photography. Josephine’s Susana San [continue reading...]