Lynn Davis (photographer)

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Lynn Davis
Born1944 (age 7879)
Nationality American
Known for Photography
Spouse Rudy Wurlitzer
Website lynndavisphotography.com

Lynn Davis is an American photographer known for her large-scale black-and-white photographs which are widely collected publicly and privately and are internationally exhibited.

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Biography

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1944, Davis studied at University of Colorado between 1962 and 1964, and at the University of Minnesota from 1964 to 1966. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1970, and in 1974 she began her career as an apprentice to Berenice Abbott. [1]

Davis' first exhibition hung at the International Center of Photography (New York City) in 1979, [2] alongside her close friend Robert Mapplethorpe. [3] After her first trip to Greenland, in 1986, she gave up photographing the human form, shifting her lens toward the monumental landscapes and cultural/architectural icons for which she is renowned.

Davis lives in Hudson, New York with her husband, writer Rudy Wurlitzer. Her prints appear in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. In 1999, the J. Paul Getty Museum held an exhibition of Davis' prints, and a solo show, Africa, was held at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson in 1999.

Publications

Books showcasing Davis' work include:

Her work also appears in the following publications (non-comprehensive list):

Awards

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References

  1. "Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza hosts Lynn Davis' ~ Iceberg and Ancient Persia | Art Knowledge News". Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  2. www.absoluto.de, martin weise //. "db artmag - all the news on Deutsche Bank Art / db artmag - alle Infos zur Kunst der Deutschen Bank". www.db-artmag.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  3. McKenna, Kristine (1995-03-12). "ART : Camera-Ready, Not Shy : Photographers Maureen Lambray and Lynn Davis share a love for tackling challenging, physically arduous subjects". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  4. "American Academy of Arts and Letters - 2005 Art Awards Press Release". Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  5. Lynn Davis on artnet