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After a career as a New York Fashion Editor and working along side the greats of fashion photography, Aline Smithson discovered the family Rolleiflex and never looked back. Now represented by galleries in the U.S. and Europe and published throughout the world, Aline continues to create her award-winning photography with humor, compassion, and a 50-year-old camera.
She has exhibited widely including solo shows at the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, the Lishui Festival in China, the Tagomago Gallery in Barcelona and Pairs, and the Wallspace Gallery in Seattle and Santa Barbara. In addition, her work is held in a number of museum collections. Her photographs have been featured in publications including PDN (cover), the PDN Photo Annual, Communication Arts Photo Annual, Eyemazing, Soura, Visura, Fraction, Artworks, Lenswork Extended, Shots, Pozytyw, and Silvershotz magazines.
In 2012, Aline received the Rising Star Award through the Griffin Museum of Photography for her contributions to the photographic community. Aline founded and writes the blogzine, Lenscratch, that celebrates a different contemporary photographer each day and offers opportunity for exhibition. She has been the Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine, is a contributing writer for Diffusion, Too Much Chocolate, Lucida, and F Stop Magazines, has written book reviews for photoeye, and has provided the forwards for artist’s books byTom Chambers, Flash Forward 12, Robert Rutoed, amongst others.
Aline has curated and jurored exhibitions for a number of galleries, organizations, and on-line magazines. She was an overall juror in 2012 for Review Santa Fe, a 2009, 2010, and 2011, 2012 juror for Critical Mass, and a reviewer at many photo festivals across the United States. Though she was nominated for The Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 and for The Santa Fe Prize in Photography in 2009 by Center, she considers her children her greatest achievement.
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Awards
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2012
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Rising Star Award from the Griffin Museum,
Boston, MA
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2006
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California Works, Award of Excellence,
Sacramento, California
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2006
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Photography Now, selected Portfolio,
Dayton, Ohio
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2006
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International Photography Awards
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2006
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B&W Magazine Photography Awards,
London, England
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2005
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International Photography Awards
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2005
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Nikon Editor's Choice Grand Prize,
Sacramento, California
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2004
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International Photography Awards,
Sacramento, California
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2003
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Communication Arts Photography Annual
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2003
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PDN Photography Annual
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Solo Exhibitions
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2011
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Imagine,
Wallspace Gallery,
Santa Barbara, CA
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2010
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Arrangement in Green and Black,
Griffin Museum,
Boston, Mass
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2010
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Arrangement in Green and Black,
Galeria Tagomago,
Barcelona, Spain
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2010
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Variety Show,
Tilt Gallery,
Phoenix, AZ
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2009
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Arrangement in Green and Black,
Wallspace Gallery,
Seattle, WA
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2009
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Arrangement in Green and Black,
China Lishui International Photographic Cultural Festival,
Lishui, China
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2008
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Shadows and Stains,
Wallspace Gallery,
Seattle, WA
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2008
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Shadows and Stains,
University of the Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
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2007
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Stolen Identities,
Museum of Contemporary Art,
Fort Collins, Colorado
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Group Exhibitions
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2011
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4th International Plastic Camera Show,
Rayko Photo Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
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2011
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35th Anniversary Professional Women Photographer’s Exhibition,
Soho Photo Gallery,
New York, NY
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2011
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Synthesis/Mixed Media Photography,,
The Darkroom Gallery,
New Orleans, LA
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2011
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The Pleasure is All Mine,
Finch & Ada Gallery,
New York, NY
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2011
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Redefining Hollywood,
The Factory Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
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2011
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Kids are People Too,
Panoptican Gallery,
Boston, MA
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2011
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Re:Form,
Honor Fraser Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
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2011
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Portraits,
Hous Projects,
Los Angeles, CA
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2011
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Portraits,
The Loft at Liz's,
Los Angeles, CA
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2011
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L.A. Mecca,
Terrell Moore Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
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2011
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Still. Life,
Jennifer Schwartz Gallery,
Atlanta, GA
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2011
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The Next,
The Julia Dean Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
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2011
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Who's in the House,
Tilt Gallery,
Phoenix, AZ
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2011
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Summertime,
Duncan Miller Projects,
Los Angeles, CA
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2010
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Snapshots,
Forward Thinking Museum,
New York, NY
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2010
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Diffusion: Unconventional Photography,
Springbox Gallery,
Portland, OR
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2010
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(Por) trait Revealed,
Rayko Photo Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
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2010
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The Naked Truth,
Hous Projects,
Los Angeles, California
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2010
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Texas Photographic Society 18: The National Competition,
The Center for Contemporary Arts,
Abilene, TX
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2003
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Stephen Austin Texas National,
College of Fine Arts, Stephen F. Austin University,
Nacogdoches, Texas
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2003
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25th Annual Photography Exhibition,
Fort Smith Art Center,
Fort Smith, Arkansas
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2002
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Krappy Kamera,
Soho Photo Gallery,
New York, New York
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2002
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Current Works 2002,
Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University,
Fayetteville, North Carolina
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2002
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La Grange National XXII,
Lamar Dodd Art Center at La Grange College,
La Grange, Georgia
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2002
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Visions of Venice,
Julia Dean Photo Gallery,
Los Angeles, California
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2002
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The Dishman Competition,
Dishman Gallery, Lamar University,
Beaumont, Texas
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2002
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30th Annual Photography Exhibition,
Larson Gallery,
Yakima, Wasington
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2002
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Personal Viewpoints,
Photographic Center Northwest,
Seattle, Washington
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2002
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New Photography 2002,
Millard Sheets Gallery,
Pomona, California
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2002
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Animal World,
E3 Gallery,
New York, New York
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2002
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Caring with Creativity,
Turning Point Gallery,
Washington, D.C.
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2001
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2001 National Photography Exhibition,
Pietra di Luna Gallery,
Hollywood, Florida
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2001
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Ga Ga for LA LA,
Eye Five Gallery,
Los Angeles, California
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2001
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Exhibition 2001,
Robert A Peck Art Center, Central Wyoming Collete,
Riverton, Wyomiing
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2001
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Current Works 2001,
Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville University,
Fayetteville, North Carolina
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2001
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April Foolish,
Hunger Artist Gallery,
Albuquerque, New mexico
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2001
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Faces of Woman,
Las Vegas Arts Gallery,
Las Vegas, New Mexico
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2001
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Visions of Venice,
Julia Dean Photo Gallery,
Los Angeles, California
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2001
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14th Annual McNeese National,
McNeese State University Gallery,
Lake Charles, Lousiana
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2001
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All Media International Arts Exhibition,
Period Gallery,
Omaha, Nebraska
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2001
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29th Annual Photography Exhibition,
Larson Gallery,
Yakima, Washington
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2001
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Postcards,
Los Angeles County Art Museum,
Los Angeles, California
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2001
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New Mexico Photographer Magazine Exhibition,
Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University,
Portales, New Mexico
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2001
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Combined Talents,
Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
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2001
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Selected Works,
First Professional Photo Center,
Los Angeles, California
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2001
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All Media 2001,
Irvine Fine Arts Center,
Irvine, California
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2001
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Magic Silver,
Eagle Gallery, Murray State University,
Murray, Kentucky
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2001
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Southern California Open,
Gallery 825,
Los Angeles, California
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2000
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2000KCAD Exhibition,
Kendall Gallery, Kendall College of Art and Design,
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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2000
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Light Sensitive,
Arizona Commission on the Arts 2000 Traveling Exhibition,
Mesa, Arizona
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2000
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Photowork '2K,
Barret Art Center Gallery,
Poughkeepsie, New York
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2000
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Relentless Visions,
The Hunger Artist Gallery,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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2000
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In Focus,
Lewis-Clark Center Gallery,
Lewiston, Idaho
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2000
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Photographic Processes,
Period Gallery,
Omaha, Nebraska
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2000
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Snapshots,
The Contemporary Museum,
Baltimore, Maryland
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2000
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Unreal Reality,
Museum of Arts Downtown Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, California
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1999
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1999 National Photography Exhibition,
Soho Photo Gallery,
New York, New York
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1999
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Magic Silver Show,
University of Northern Iowa Art Gallery,
Cedar Falls, Iowa
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1999
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9th Annual Center Exhibition,
Center for Photographic Art,
Carmel, California
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1999
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Plastic Fantastic,
E3 Gallery,
Ne York, New York
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1999
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New Mexico Photographer Exhibition,
Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University,
Portales, New Mexico
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1999
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American Tapestry,
Center for Visual Arts,
Oakland, California
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Collections
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Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California
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Washburn Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas
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Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas
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Santa Barbara Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
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Bibliography
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F Stop: The First 4 Years.
Anthology. Free Milk Press, Chicago, Ill, 2007
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Education
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University of California at Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies, Studied Art
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Otis/Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, Studied Photography
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Favorite Photography Books
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Matt Mahurin,
Matt Mahurin,
(photo-eye Cat# MW036H)
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Photographic Memories,
Don Hong-Oai,
(photo-eye Cat# ZB426H)
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Portraits,
Richard Avedon,
(photo-eye Cat# AB2611)
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Architecture of Time,
Hiroshi Sugimoto,
(photo-eye Cat# PK802H)
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Veiled Observations and Reflections,
Hiroshi Watanabe,
(photo-eye Cat# ZC024L)
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