Lucy Ashjian Explained

Lucy Ashjian
Birth Place:Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Davis, California, U.S.
Education:Butler University,
Clarence H. White School of Photography

Lucy Ashjian (1907–1993) was an American photographer. She is known as a member of the Photo League a photographer's cooperative in New York City.[1] Her work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona and the Museum of the City of New York.

Early life

Ashjian was born in Indianapolis, Indiana,[2] to Armenian refugees.[3] She received a degree in English from Butler University in 1927.[2] In 1937 she graduated from the Clarence H. White School of Photography.

Career

Ashjian joined the New York Photo League in 1937 as a photographer,[4] also serving as Photos Notes editor and board chair of the League's school.[5]

She was included in the 2012 exhibition The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936–1951 held at the Jewish Museum, New York.[6]

Collections

Ashjian's work is held in the following permanent collections:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lucy Ashjian | Bowery Triplets | the Met . 2019-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206055929/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/285435 . 2019-12-06 . live .
  2. Web site: Lucy Ashjian and the Photo League. December 2015. 2019-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20191206055652/https://blog.mcny.org/2015/12/01/lucy-ashjian-and-the-photo-league/. 2019-12-06. live.
  3. Musleah. Rahel. 2012. The Arts: Social Justice in Clicks and Snaps. Hadassah Magazine.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206061628/https://ccp.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/finding-aid-pdfs/ag209_ashjian_1.pdf . 2019-12-06 . live .
  5. Book: Klein . Mason . Evans . Catherine . 2011 . The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936–1951 . As Good as the Guys: The Women of the Photo League . Yale University Press and The Jewish Museum . 978-0-300-14687-5.
  6. Web site: Taking Pictures That Matter: 'The Radical Camera' of New York's Photo League. 2012-10-17. 2019-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20191206061257/https://www.kqed.org/arts/109633/taking_pictures_that_matter_the_radical_camera_revisits_new. 2019-12-06. live.
  7. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191206060410/https://ccp.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/cg-a.pdf . 2019-12-06 . live .
  8. Web site: Embark Collection . Columbus Museum of Art . 27 January 2016.
  9. Web site: Lucy Ashjian People George Eastman Museum . collections.eastman.org . en.
  10. Web site: The Jewish Museum . thejewishmuseum.org.
  11. Web site: Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Search Collections . www.philamuseum.org.
  12. Web site: Lucy Ashjian Princeton University Art Museum . artmuseum.princeton.edu.

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