Sage Sohier

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Sage Sohier
Born
Washington, D.C., United States
NationalityAmerican
Education Harvard University,
Known for Photography
Movement American art, Modern Art

Sage Sohier is an American photographer and educator.

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Biography

Sohier teaches photography for years in different educational institutions, serving as assistant professor in Massachusetts College of Art. She was lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies in Harvard University from 1991 till 2003, Assistant Professor of Art in Wellesley College from 1997 till 1999. She was also teaching in Rhode Island School of Design, Massachusetts College of Art and School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. [1]

Sage Sohier works are part of many public collections, including Addison Gallery of American Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, DeCordova Museum, Fogg Art Museum, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, New York Museum of Modern Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, Princeton University Art Museum, Rose Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [2]

Sage Sohier received a lot of publicity for her series of gay couples in home environment. She started to work on this project in 1980 at the time of AIDS crisis. [3] [4] [5]

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