Joyce Tenneson
Joyce Tenneson
About
"Every so often, an artist defies the easy labeling that curators and critics feel obliged to stick on everything under their rapacious gaze. Despite lacking obvious inspirations and role models, these artists create deeply felt, radical works that an extraordinary number of viewers respond to with enthusiasm and pleasure."
Karl-Peter Gottschalk, photography critic, on Joyce Tenneson
Internationally lauded as one of the leading photographers of her generation, Joyce Tenneson’s work has been published in books and major magazines and exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. Her portraits have appeared on magazine covers such as Time, Life, Newsweek, Premiere, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine.
Vicki Goldberg, critic, and author, writes of Tenneson: “Tenneson possesses a unique vision which makes her photographs immediately recognizable. She creates enigmatic and sensuous images that are timeless and haunting.
Tenneson is the author of sixteen books, including the best-seller Wise Women, which was featured in a six-part Today Show series. She received many awards, including Fine Art Photographer of the Year in 2005 (Lucie Awards), and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Professional Photographers of America in 2012. In a poll conducted by American Photo Magazine, readers voted Tenneson among the ten most influential women in the history of photography. In the Fall of 2014, the Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, mounted a large retrospective of her work, which approximately 30,000 people saw. Tenneson’s work has been exhibited in museums around the globe and is part of many private and public collections.
In addition to her photography exhibits and books, Tenneson has taught master photography classes in the U.S. and Europe for over 40 years.
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