Linda Rich (photographer)

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Linda Rich
Born1949 (age 7475) [1]
Cleveland, Ohio
Known fordocumentary photography

Linda Rich (born 1949) is an American documentary photographer. With Elinor Cahn and Joan Clark Netherwood, she was a founder and active participant in the East Baltimore Documentary Survey Project between 1975 and 1980. [2] Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum [1] and the Art Institute of Chicago. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Linda Rich | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
  2. Through the Lens of the City. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN   978-1-61703-520-3.
  3. "Linda Rich". The Art Institute of Chicago. 1948.