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.

Biography

Tenneson earned her master's degree in photography from

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after starting as a model for Polaroid. She left her job as a photography professor at 39, and moved from Washington to New York. Tenneson shoots primarily with the

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. 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

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- 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 ''

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Awards

In 1989, Tenneson received the "Infinity" award from the

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, and in 1990 received

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'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

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In 2018, Tenneson received the Lucie Award for Achievement in Portraitur

In 2021, Tenneson was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, International Photography Hall of Fame.

Books

*''In/Sights'' (1978) *''Joyce Tenneson Photographs'' (1984) *''Au-Dela'' (1989) *''Transformations'' (1993) *''Illuminations'' (1997) *''Light Warriors'' (2000) *''Wise Women'' (2002) *''Flower Portraits'' (2003) *''Intimacy'' (2004) *''Amazing Men'' (2004) *''A Life in Photography'' (2008) *''Shells: Nature's Exquisite Creations'' (2011)

Major Exhibitions

* ''Joyce Tenneson - Botanical Beauty'', Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN (2018)

References

External links

Official site
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