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Barbara Rosenthal

Barbara Rosenthal (born 1948) is an American photographer, novelist and diarist.

Also recorded as Barbara Ann Rosenthal

Barbara Rosenthal, Avant-garde Conceptual Artist, Existential Photographer, Video Artist, Media Poet, Performance Artist, in her studio at 727 6th Avenue, New York City, March 10, 1994. Photo taken by experimenal filmmaker Bill Creston after Rosenthal's completion of her large nine-section diamond-shaped piece, "Swimmer in the Universe / Scientists Are the Priests and Prophets", shown at her left.

Bill Creston, username billcreston · 35mm full frame black and white photo, self-made. · Public domain

Biography

Barbara Rosenthal studied at Seattle Pacific University and Carnegie Mellon University.

The field of work recorded is avant-garde.

Residence is recorded at Westbeth Artists Community. Employment is recorded with City University of New York.

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  • Westbeth Artists Community

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  • The Bronx

    Birth place

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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 21 August 2026.

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