Anne Savedge

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Anne Savedge is an American photographic artist and art educator. [1] [2]

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Education and teaching

Anne Savedge studied at James Madison University [3] and Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught at the Chesterfield Technical Center, John Tyler Community College, and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. [4]

Exhibitions

Themes and names of photographic series by Savedge include cowgirls, waterfalls, swimmers, and belly dancers. Her exhibition Shootin' at Artspace in 2016 was based on her interest in Westerns and cowboys. [5] Her exhibition Seasons and Gardens was shown at Artspace in 2012. [6]

Savedge was chosen as one of the artists with over 25 years of outstanding careers for a show at the Richmond Public Library. [7]

Collections

Photography

Her photographs and her quotations about photographic processes have been used in books and other publications by noted photographers and historians of photography. [11] [12] Her work was included in Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age by Robert J. Hirsch, pp. 256. [13]

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  6. Row, Patricia (23 September 2012). "Arts and entertainment event calendar". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. correspondent, MARTHA MABEY Special (September 2013). "Richmond Public Library: an art gallery?". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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  13. Hirsch, Robert (10 September 2012). Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age. CRC Press. p. 256. ISBN   9781136104305 . Retrieved 25 September 2019.