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American photographer This article is about the American photographer. For the American politician and activist, see Jeanette Williams.
Jennette Williams
Born(1952-12-17)December 17, 1952
New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 9, 2017(2017-04-09) (aged 64)
Alma materYale University School of Art
Known forPhotographer, educator

Jennette Williams (December 17, 1952 – April 9, 2017) was an American photographer known for her photographs of women.

Williams was born on December 17, 1952, in Forest Hills, Queens. She attended the Yale University School of Art. In 2000 she was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2009 Duke University Press and the Center for Documentary Studies published a portfolio of Williams' platinum prints of women bathers entitled The Bathers. The book was awarded the Honickman First Book Prize in Photography.

Williams taught at the School of Visual Arts.

She died on April 9, 2017, at the age of 64. Her work is held in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and is archived at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University.

Publications

References

  1. ^ "Jennette Williams Obituary (2017)". New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Jennette Williams '91MFA | Obituaries". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. "Jennette Williams". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  4. "The Bathers". Duke University Press. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. "The Honickman Foundation: Jenette Williams, The Bathers". The Honickman Foundation. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. "Untitled - Jennette Williams". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. "Jennette Williams photographs, 2000-2006 - Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries". David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  8. Chlebowski, Ilana (1 July 2010). "Review: The Bathers, by Jennette Williams". Afterimage. 38 (1): 35–35. doi:10.1525/aft.2010.38.1.35. ISSN 0300-7472.
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