Marcia Resnick (born 21 November 1950) is an American photographer, author, and graphic artist. She was born and lives in

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Publications and exhibitions

Resnick's book of photographs and text, ''Punks, Poets, and Provocateurs:New York City Bad Boys, 1977-1982'', published November 10, 2015, has an Afterword written by Anthony Haden-Guest, and a contribution by

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. An earlier book, published in 1978 by Resnick was ''Re-visions'', which is now out of print. In 2016, the exhibition ''Marcia Resnick, Conception: Vintage Photographs 1974-1976'' was shown at Deborah Bell Photographs gallery and reviewed by ''L'oeil de la photographie'' (the Eye of Photography magazine).

Photographic subjects

Her photographs of musicians of that milieu appear on their album covers. Among the subjects of her photographs are

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, David Byrne, Iggy Pop, John Lydon,

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, and Allen Ginsberg.

Education, teaching, and journalism

Resnick studied at Cooper Union and

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before going to graduate school at

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, where she studied with

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and Allen Kaprow. Back in New York, she taught at Queens College and NYU and worked for ''

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'' and ''

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''.

References

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