Meghann Riepenhoff
Illustration — Riepenhoff in 2025 Meghann Riepenhoff (born 1979) is an American photographer, living in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and San Francisco, California, who makes camera-less cyanotypes. She has produced the books Littoral Drift + Ecotone (2018) and Ice (2022). Her work is held in the collections of the High Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and in 2018 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Meghann Riepenhoff
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- Born
- 1979 · Atlanta.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer · artist
- Fields
- cyanotype
- Education
- University of Georgia · San Francisco Art Institute
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship
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Illustration — Riepenhoff in 2025 Meghann Riepenhoff (born 1979) is an American photographer, living in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and San Francisco, California, who makes camera-less cyanotypes. She has produced the books Littoral Drift + Ecotone (2018) and Ice (2022). Her work is held in the collections of the High Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and in 2018 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Meghann Riepenhoff (born 1979) is an American artist and photographer. The artist was born in Atlanta.
Meghann Riepenhoff studied at San Francisco Art Institute and University of Georgia. The artist is active in cyanotype.
Works by Meghann Riepenhoff are held at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The artist received Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Meghann Riepenhoff studied at University of Georgia and San Francisco Art Institute. The field of work recorded is cyanotype. Work by Meghann Riepenhoff is recorded in the collections of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship.
Riepenhoff is from Atlanta, GA. She received a BFA in photography from the University of Georgia, and an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute. She lives in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and San Francisco, California. She makes camera-less cyanotypes in collaboration with the landscape and the ocean. "Riepenhoff utilises waves, rain, wind and sediment in her process, creating physical inscriptions through the direct contact of these natural phenomena with her photographic materials".
Group exhibitions
Group exhibitions
• Cyanotypes: Photography's Blue Period, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 2016 • New Territory: Landscape Photography Today, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, 2018
Publications
• Littoral Drift + Ecotone. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Radius; New York City: Yossi Milo, 2018.. • Ice. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Radius; New York City: Yossi Milo, 2022. Photography by Riepenhoff, text by Rebecca Solnit..
Collections
Collections
Riepenhoff's work is held in the following permanent collections: • High Museum of Art, New York: 2 prints (as of 14 March 2023) • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA: 1 print (as of 14 March 2023) • Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA: 1 print (as of 14 March 2023)
Meghann Riepenhoff in 2025 by Christopher Michel
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Meghann Riepenhoff in 2025 by Christopher Michel
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• 2018: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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- 1.Riepenhoff, Meghann. SFMOMA.
- 2.About - Meghann Riepenhoff. meghannriepenhoff.com.
- 3.Exhibition Review: Ice: Meghann Riepenhoff. Musée Magazine. 26 September 2022.
- 4.Eluvium. High Museum of Art.
- 5.Meghann Riepenhoff. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
- 6.Mallonee, Laura. The Ocean Made These Wild Photos. Yes, Really. Wired. 1059-1028.
- 7.Seascapes without a camera: Meghann Riepenhoff's cyanotypes. The Guardian. 23 February 2018. 0261-3077.
- 8.Liberty, Megan N. Meghann Riepenhoff's Littoral Drift and Ecotone. The Brooklyn Rail. 9 July 2019.
- 9.Colberg, Jörg. Littoral Drift + Ecotone. Conscientious Photography Magazine.
- 10.Merola, Alex. Meghann Riepenhoff's new book collects cyanotypes made by ice - 1854 Photography. British Journal of Photography.
- 11.'Cyanotypes: Photography's Blue Period'. The New York Times. 5 February 2016. 0362-4331.
- 12.Delson, Susan. In Denver, Landscapes Soaked, Digitized and Irradiated. Wall Street Journal. 8 June 2018.
- 13.Works – Meghann Riepenhoff – Creators – Worcester Art Museum. worcester.emuseum.com.
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