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Curtis Myers. JoSon. Stretch Photography. Lanola Stone. Shannon Smith. Linda Connor. Linda Connor (born November 18, 1944) is an American photographer who photographs spiritual and exotic locations including India, Mexico, Thailand, Ireland, Peru, Nepal, photographs appear in a number of books, including Spiral Journey, a catalog of her exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in 1990. Connor was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1988 and 1976, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1979.

Connor's work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. In 1971, her work is represented in group exhibition at Rencontres d'Arles festival, France. Connor's noted images include a photograph of a ceremonial cloth carefully wrapped around a tree trunk in Bali, petroglyphs hidden in the cliff dwellings of Arizona, star trails in Mexico, and votive candles meticulously arranged for ceremonial rites at Chartres. References[edit] Annie Leibovitz. Gregory Crewdson. Gregory Crewdson (born September 26, 1962) is an American photographer who is best known for elaborately staged[1] scenes of American homes and neighborhoods.

Life and career[edit] Crewdson in 2007 Crewdson was born in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He attended John Dewey High School, graduating early. As a teenager, he was part of a punk rock group called The Speedies that hit the New York scene. Their song, "Let Me Take Your Photo" proved to be prophetic to Crewdson's future career. In the mid 1980s, Crewdson studied photography at SUNY Purchase, near Port Chester, NY. Crewdson is represented by Gagosian Gallery worldwide and by White Cube Gallery in London.[5] Style[edit] Untitled photo from Crewdson's series Beneath the Roses (2003–2005) Photography books[edit] Hover: Artspace Books, 1995, ISBN 1891273000Twilight: Photographs by Gregory Crewdson, with essay by Rick Moody: Harry N.

Exhibitions[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Campany, David (2008). KYRIAKOS AND KOLETTE. Nicholas Prior. Julie Blackmon Photographs. Loretta Lux. Chiara Albertoni - Photorealism.