Ferne Koch
Ferne Koch (née Goodman; April 8, 1913 – October 13, 2001) was an American photographer.
Also recorded as Ferne Goodman
Ferne Koch
- Born
- 1913 · Houston.
- Died
- 2001
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer · consultant
- Fields
- photography
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Ferne Koch (née Goodman; April 8, 1913 – October 13, 2001) was an American photographer.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Ferne Koch. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q99535741 · wikipedia · Ferne Koch
In this article
Education
Education
Koch attended the University of Houston, where she studied photography. Later, she attended workshops taught by Richard Avedon and Edward Weston.
Work
Work
Koch's career as a photographer began in the 1940s in Paris, where she produced documentary photographs.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1913
Ferne Koch was born on 8 April 1913.
2001
Ferne Koch died on 13 October 2001.
Collections
Collections
Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art. Her archives are held by Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The archives contain her negatives, slides and photographic prints, as well as ephemera and printed documents.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Ferne Koch”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q99535741: Ferne Koch
General reference · Wikidata
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
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 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Photography
11,392 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Fergus BourkePhotographer
- Fernand FonssagrivesPhotographer
- Fernando PailletPhotographer
- Fernando PereiraPhotographer
- Ferry RadaxPhotographer
- Filip NaudtsPhotographer
- Filippo NesciPhotographer
- Film News AnandanPhotographer
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Ferne Koch?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.