Joyce Tenneson

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Joyce Tenneson
Born (1945-05-29) May 29, 1945 (age 78)
Weston, Massachusetts, United States
NationalityAmerican
Known for Photography
Awards ICP Infinity Awards 1989
WIPI Distinguished Photographer Award 1990
Website tenneson.com

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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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 to New York. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3] Tenneson has had cover images on several magazines including Time , Life , Entertainment Weekly , Newsweek , Premiere , Esquire and The New York Times Magazine .

Awards

In 1989, Tenneson received the "Infinity" award from the International Center of Photography, [4] and in 1990 received Women in Photography International's "Photographer of the Year" award. [5]

In 2005, Tenneson received the Lucie Award for "Professional Fine Art Photographer of the Year." [6]

In 2012, Tenneson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Professional Photographers of America. [7]

In 2018, Tenneson received the Lucie Award for Achievement in Portraiture. [8]

In 2021, Tenneson was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame. [9]

Books

Major exhibitions

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