CHRISTINE WEBSTER. CHRISTINE WEBSTER , born in Pukekohe. 1982, 84, 88 QEII Arts Council Grant. 1989 Polaroid Small Projects Grant, Offenbach am Main, Germany. 1991 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, UO, Dunedin. 1994 Acting HOD, ASA SoA, Auckland. 1995 part-time tutor, ASA SoA. Arts Council Toi Aotearoa Fellowship, Auckland. 1996-97 part-time tutor, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland. 1996 CNZ Professional Development Grant. 1997 CNZ Arts Development Grant. 2003 July-October, MFA Exchange, Elam SoFA, UA. 2002-04 MFA, Glasgow SoA, Glasgow. 2004 appointed Course Leader, BA (Hons) Photography, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Lives in UK. Christine Webster’s photography is based on fiction rather than documentary.
It unsettles and disturbs with its probing into society’s accepted boundaries. For more information, go to www.christinewebster.co.uk – Webster’s excellent site with images from all series, CV and numerous essays. LINKS . GALLERIES To be advised. ANGIE BUCKLEY. ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. RALPH GIBSON. EDWARD WESTON. CECIL BEATON. RUTH THORNE-THOMSEN. Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, American (b. 1943). Liberty Head, Illinois, 1978, from the series Expeditions. Gelatin silver print.
Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.2973. Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, American (b. 1943). California, 1983, from the series Expeditions. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the artist, 2012.38.9. Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, American (b. 1943). Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 45th and Oak streets 816-751-1278 Kansas City Invented Worlds: Photographs by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen February 20-July 28, 2013 Photographer Ruth Thorne-Thomsen (b. 1943) has been described as a visual poet.
“Thorne-Thomsen became fascinated with the simplicity and transformative magic of the pinhole camera in 1976, toward the end of her graduate studies in photography,” said Keith F. The artistic appeal of the pinhole camera stems from the strangeness of its vision. “Thorne-Thomsen explored the ambiguities of scale–things she found and things she made,” said Davis. Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, American (b. 1943).