Joyce Tenneson
Joyce Tenneson | |
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Born | Weston, Massachusetts, United States | May 29, 1945
Nationality | American |
Known for | Photography |
Awards | ICP Infinity Awards 1989 WIPI Distinguished Photographer Award 1990 |
Joyce Tenneson (born May 29, 1945) is an American fine art photographer known for her distinctive style of photography, which often involves nude or semi-nude women.
Biography[edit]
Tenneson earned her master's degree in photography from George Washington University after starting as a model for Polaroid. She left her job as a photography professor at 39, and moved from Washington to New York.[1] Tenneson shoots primarily with the Polaroid 20x24 camera. In an interview with a photography magazine, Tenneson advised artists: "I very strongly believe that if you go back to your roots, if you mine that inner territory, you can bring out something that is indelibly you and authentic - like your thumbprint. It's going to have your style because there is no one like you." As a child, her parents worked on the grounds of a convent, which is where she grew up with her two sisters.[2] She and her sister "were enlisted to be in holiday pageants and processions. It was a mysterious environment - something out of Fellini - filled with symbolism, ritual, beauty, and also a disturbing kind of surreal imagery."
Her work has been displayed in more than 100 exhibitions around the world.[3] Tenneson has had cover images on several magazines including Time, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Premiere, Esquire and The New York Times Magazine.
Awards[edit]
In 1989, Tenneson received the "Infinity" award from the International Center of Photography,[4] and in 1990 received Women in Photography International's "Photographer of the Year" award.[5]
In 2005, Tenneson received the Lucie Award for "Professional Fine Art Photographer of the Year."[6]
In 2012, Tenneson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Professional Photographers of America.[7]
In 2018, Tenneson received the Lucie Award for Achievement in Portraiture.[1]
In 2021, Tenneson was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame.
Books[edit]
- In/Sights (1978)
- Joyce Tenneson Photographs (1984) ISBN 0879235020
- Au-Dela (1989) ISBN 2859490868
- Transformations (1993) ISBN 0821219332
- Illuminations (1997) ISBN 0821223844
- Light Warriors (2000) ISBN 0821226983
- Wise Women (2002) ISBN 0821228188
- Flower Portraits (2003) ISBN 0821228536
- Intimacy (2004) ISBN 0760761507
- Amazing Men (2004) ISBN 0821228552
- A Life in Photography (2008) ISBN 0316004081
- Shells: Nature's Exquisite Creations (2011) ISBN 0892729767
Major exhibitions[edit]
- Joyce Tenneson - Botanical Beauty, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN (2018)
References[edit]
- ^ Williams, Val (1993-05-05). "Beauty in Force and Fragility". The Guardian.
- ^ Falzano, Rebecca (21 July 2009). "The Eye of the Intimist". mainehomedesign.com. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ http://pdngallery.com/legends/tenneson/bio.html.
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(help) - ^ ICP Past Award recipients Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Joyce Tenneson | Artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Lucie Awards 2005 Honorees Archived 2007-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ PPA Press Release Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading[edit]
- Cristofovici, Anca. "Joyce Tenneson: An Aesthetics Of Aging" (PDF). University of Florida. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- Joyce, Eleanor. "Joyce Tenneson: Revealing Veils". Kalliope, a journal of women's art and literature. 20(2), 24-34.