Pamela Hanson (born 1954) is an American

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and

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based in New York.

Early life

Hanson was born in London and was raised in Geneva. She attended the American School in Lugano, Switzerland and later moved to the United States to pursue a degree in fine arts at the University of Colorado. After moving to Paris, she captured intimate portraits of friends which led to a career in photography.

Work

Hanson has made fashion and

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. She works for Vogue, Glamour, Worldwide, and Cargo.Pamela Hanson, ''Boys'', Assouline, 2006. () Her photographs have appeared in ''

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'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''

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'', '' GQ'', '' Allure'', ''

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''. Her photographs have been sold to raise money for charities and organizations within the United States. In June 2009, one of Hanson's ten nude photographs of

Carla Bruni Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

shot in 1994 was sold to an anonymous buyer for $19,600 at the spring auction at the Villa Grisebach Auktionen in Berlin. Hanson has directed

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; in June 2003, she directed a series of television spots to raise funds for finding a

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cure.

Publications

* ''Girls'' (2001) * ''Boys'' (2006) * ''Private Room'' (2017)

Exhibitions

Hanson's photographs were on display at the

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Gallery in Fall 2008. She is represented by New York gallery Staley-Wise. Her photographs were part of their exhibition ''Women Seeing Women''.

Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanson, Pamela 1954 births Living people 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English women artists 20th-century women photographers 21st-century women photographers English women photographers Photographers from London University of Colorado alumni