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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.[1] She attended the Yale University School of Art.[2] In 2000 she was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.[3] In 2009 Duke University Press and the Center for Documentary Studies published a portfolio of Williams' platinum prints of women bathers entitled The Bathers.[4] The book was awarded the Honickman First Book Prize in Photography.[1][5]

Williams taught at the School of Visual Arts.[2]

She died on April 9, 2017, at the age of 64.[1] Her work is held in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art[6] and is archived at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University.[7]

Publications

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  • The Bathers. Durham, NC: Duke University Press; Center for Documentary Studies, 2009. ISBN 978-0-8223-4623-4. With a foreword by Mary Ellen Mark.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Jennette Williams Obituary (2017)". New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "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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