Wendy MacNeil
Wendy Snyder MacNeil (October 15, 1943 – July 20, 2016) was an American photographer, filmmaker and professor. MacNeil is known primarily for her portrait photography.
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- Name
- Wendy Snyder MacNeil
- Born
- 15 October 1943
- Died
- 20 July 2016
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Occupation
- * Photographer
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship
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Wendy Snyder MacNeil (October 15, 1943 – July 20, 2016) was an American photographer, filmmaker and professor. MacNeil is known primarily for her portrait photography.
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Wendy MacNeil (1943–2016) was an American photographer. Born in Boston, the photographer died in Lincoln.
Works by Wendy MacNeil are held at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and New Mexico Museum of Art. The photographer received Guggenheim Fellowship.
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• Name — Wendy Snyder MacNeil • Born — 15 October 1943 • Died — 20 July 2016 • Education — Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Occupation — * Photographer • filmmaker • professor
Early life and education
Early life and education
In the late 1960s, MacNeil was a student of the photographer Minor White at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.
Career
Career
From 1976 to 2007, MacNeil was a professor of art at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In 1973 she was named as a Guggenheim fellow. Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her archive is held by the Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto.
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- 1.The Light Inside: Wendy Snyder Macneil, Photographs and Films Ryerson Image Centre. ryersonimagecentre.ca.
- 2.John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Wendy Snyder MacNeil. gf.org.
- 3.Kustanczy, Catherine. The Penetrating Portraits of an Overlooked Photographer. Hyperallergic. March 31, 2016.
- 4.W. (Wendy) Snyder MacNeil: Ronald and Jazimina. mfah.org.
- 5.Adrian Sesto. www.metmuseum.org. 1977.
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