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Making a Life in Photography: Rollie McKenna

Making a Life in Photography: Rollie McKenna

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Making a Life in Photography: Rollie McKenna is the first career survey of renowned American photographer Rosalie (Rollie) Thorne McKenna (1918–2003). After graduating from Vassar College in 1940, McKenna worked independently as an architectural and portrait photographer, making unique yet underappreciated contributions to American modernism and documentary photography. McKenna's work was published in numerous books and magazines, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Fortune. The Museum of Modern Arts' 1955 landmark exhibition Latin American Modernism Since 1945 featured her architectural photographs. She made iconic portraits of artists and writers, including W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Alexander Calder, Truman Capote, T. S. Eliot, Laura Gilpin, Henry Moore, Sylvia Plath, Ezra Pound, Anne Sexton, Dylan Thomas, and Eudora Welty. McKenna's story as a queer woman would be lost if not for her dedication to preserving her own legacy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 22 February 2024
Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd


Making a Life in Photography: Rollie McKenna

Rosalie (Rollie) Thorne McKenna (1918–2003) was a prolific American photographer whose first career survey is presented in this book. McKenna, who graduated from Vassar College in 1940, worked independently as a sought-after architectural and portrait photographer, making unique yet underappreciated contributions to American modernism and documentary photography. McKenna's work was featured in numerous books and magazines, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Fortune. The Museum of Modern Arts' landmark exhibition Latin American Modernism Since 1945 showcased her architectural photographs. She made iconic portraits of artists and writers, including W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Alexander Calder, Truman Capote, T. S. Eliot, Laura Gilpin, Henry Moore, Sylvia Plath, Ezra Pound, Anne Sexton, Dylan Thomas, and Eudora Welty. McKenna's story as a queer woman would be lost if not for her dedication to preserving her own legacy. She embraced photography to explore the complexities of human experience, including her own.

Weight: 1422g
Dimension: 239 x 279 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785514548

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