Dornith Doherty

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Dornith Doherty
Born1957 (age 6667)
NationalityAmerican
Education Rice University (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationPhotographer

Dornith Doherty (born 1957) is an American photographer.

Doherty graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University in 1980 [1] and from Yale University an MFA degree in photography in 1988. [2]

Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, [3] and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis.

She was a 2012 Guggenheim foundation fellow. [2]

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References

  1. "Dornith Doherty". Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts | Rice University.
  2. 1 2 "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Dornith Doherty". gf.org.
  3. "Dornith Doherty: Seed Head 2". mfah.org.