Joyce Tenneson
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.
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Joyce Tenneson
- Name
- Joyce Tenneson
- Born
- 29 May 1945
- Birthplace
- Weston, Massachusetts, United States
- Awards
- ICP Infinity Awards 1989 WIPI Distinguished Photographer Award 1990
- Known for
- Photography
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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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.
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• Name — Joyce Tenneson • Born — 29 May 1945 • Birthplace — Weston, Massachusetts, United States • Awards — ICP Infinity Awards 1989 WIPI Distinguished Photographer Award 1990 • Known for — Photography • Website — https: tenneson.com/
Biography
Biography
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 D.C. to New York. 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. 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. Tenneson has had cover images on several magazines including Time, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Premiere, Esquire and The New York Times Magazine.
Major exhibitions
Major exhibitions
• Joyce Tenneson - Botanical Beauty, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN (2018)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1945
Joyce Tenneson born at Boston.
Books
• In/Sights: Self-Portraits by Women (1978) • Joyce Tenneson Photographs (1984) • Au-delà (1989) • Joyce Tenneson: Transformations (1993) • Illuminations (1997) • Light Warriors (2000) • Wise Women: A Celebration of Their Insights, Courage, and Beauty (2002) • Flower Portraits: The Life Cycle of Beauty (2003) • Intimacy: The Sensual Essence of Flowers (2004) • Amazing Men: Courage, Insight, Endurance (2004) • Joyce Tenneson: A Life in Photography, 1968-2008 (2008) • Shells: Nature's Exquisite Creations (2011)
Awards
In 1989, Tenneson received the "Infinity" award from the International Center of Photography, and in 1990 received Women in Photography International's "Photographer of the Year" award. In 2005, Tenneson received the Lucie Award for "Professional Fine Art Photographer of the Year." In 2012, Tenneson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Professional Photographers of America. In 2018, Tenneson received the Lucie Award for Achievement in Portraiture. In 2021, Tenneson was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame.
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- 1.Williams, Val. Women: Beauty in force and fragility. The Guardian. 3 May 1993. 0261-3077.
- 2.Falzano, Rebecca. The Eye of the Intimist. Maine Home + Design. 21 July 2009.
- 3.Joyce Tenneson - Biography. Photo District News.
- 4.1989 Infinity Award: Applied/Fashion/Advertising. International Center of Photography. 12 March 1989.
- 5.Joyce Tenneson - Biography. Artnet.
- 6.Honorees. Lucie Awards. 2005.
- 7.Joyce Tenneson to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Imaging USA. Professional Photographers of America. 8 December 2011.
- 8.Joyce Tenneson - 2018 Honoree / Achievement In Portraiture. Lucie Awards.
- 9.Joyce Tenneson. International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum. 2021.
- 10.Walker, Celia. Joyce Tenneson – Botanical Beauty. Library News - Vanderbilt University. 24 July 2018.
- 11.Baker, Melinda. Botanical photographs from renowned photographer Joyce Tenneson on view at Vanderbilt. The Tennessean. 5 August 2018.
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