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Biography |
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1948 |
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Born in Havana, Cuba. |
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1977 |
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Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. |
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1981 |
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Master of Fine Arts, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT. |
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1992 |
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Awarded Cintas Foundation Fellowship. |
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1993 |
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Awarded John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. |
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1994 |
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Awarded New England Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. |
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1995 |
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Received St. Botolph's Club Foundation Award. |
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1997 |
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Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. |
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2006 |
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Received The Decordova Museum Rappaport Prize. |
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Exhibitions |
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2010 |
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Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland |
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2009 |
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Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire, England (solo) |
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2003 |
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“Twilight”, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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“Celebrating Central Park 1953-2003” Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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“Contemporary Photographs and Prints from the Bruce Brown Collection,” Colby College Museum of Art, ME |
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2002 |
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“New Work,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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“Abelardo Morell and the Camera Eye,” George Eastman House, Rochester, NY |
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2002 |
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“Camera Obscura”, Shine Gallery, London, UK |
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2002 |
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“Paris Photo 2002”, Caroussel de Louvre, Paris, France |
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2002 |
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“What were you Thinking? 15 Years of Photographs”, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2002 |
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“Into the Woods”, Julie Saul Gallery, NYC |
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2002 |
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“Through the Looking Glass”, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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2002 |
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“Visions from America”, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC |
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2002 |
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“Sitelines: Art on Main”, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA |
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2002 |
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“Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA |
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2002 |
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Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM |
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2002 |
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Oakland Museum of California, Oakland |
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2002 |
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“What’s New: Recent Acquisitions in Photography”, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC |
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2001 |
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“Abelardo Morell and the Camera Eye,” Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, VA |
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2001 |
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Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI |
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2001 |
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“Paris Photo 2001”, Caroussel de Louvre, Paris, France |
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2001 |
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“Can You Believe Your Eyes?” Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA |
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2001 |
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“Voyages (per) Formed,” Photographic Resource Center, Boston University |
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2001 |
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“The Crafted Image: Nineteenth Century Techniques in Contemporary Photography,” Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA |
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2001 |
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“Pin:Whole”, University of Essex, Colchester, UK |
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2001 |
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“Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” Orlando Museum of Fine Art, Orlando, FL |
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2001 |
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“Photograph + Monograph,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NY |
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2001 |
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“Still Light,” Beadleston Gallery, NY |
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2001 |
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“City: Prints and Photographs,” Brooke Alexander, NY |
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2001 |
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“La Luz,” National Hispanic Cultural Center, NM |
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2000 |
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Museum of the City of NY New York, NY |
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2000 |
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AirConditioned, , Bonni Benrubi Gallery New York, NY |
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2000 |
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“The Universe Next Door,” Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York |
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2000 |
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“Abelardo Morell and the Camera Eye”, The St. Louis Art Museum |
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2000 |
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LeHigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA |
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2000 |
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“University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM |
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2000 |
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“Staged and Manipulated: Photographic Fictions from St. Louis Collections,” The St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO |
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2000 |
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Bonni Benrubi Gallery New York, NY |
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1999 |
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Abelardo Morell and the Camera Eye, Museum of Fine Art Boston, MA |
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1999 |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Tokyo, Japan |
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1999 |
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Abelardo Mroell and the Camera Eye, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
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1999 |
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Collectors Collect Contemporary: 1990-1999, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA |
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1998 |
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Waterproof, Parque EXPO '98 Lisbon, Portugal |
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1998 |
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Face to Face, Elizabeth Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA |
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1998 |
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Bonni Benrubi Gallery New York, NY |
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1998 |
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Bonni Benrubi Gallery, Inc. New York, NY |
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1998 |
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Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago, IL |
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1997 |
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Family and Friends, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, IL |
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1997 |
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Tokyo Biennial, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art Tokyo, Japan |
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1996 |
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Light, Time, Focus, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, IL |
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1996 |
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New in the Nineties, Katonah Museum of Art Katonah, NY |
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1996 |
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Blue Sky Gallery Portland, OR |
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1996 |
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Winter Blindspot, Yancey Richardson Gallery NYC |
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1996 |
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Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco, CA |
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1995 |
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Looking at Books, Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA |
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1995 |
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Robert Klein Gallery Boston, MA |
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1995 |
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Jan Abrams Gallery Los Angeles, CA |
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1995 |
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Jackson Fine Art Atlanta, GA |
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1995 |
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Spaces for the Self: The Symbolic Imagery of Place, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, IL |
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1995 |
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Degrees of Abstractions: From Morris Louis to Mapplethorpe, Boston Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA |
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1995 |
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The Photographic Condition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA |
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1995 |
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Warren Street Gallery Hudson, NY |
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1995 |
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Southeast Museum of Photography Daytona, FL |
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1995 |
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An American Century of Photography, Int'l Center of Photography/Hallmark Photo. Coll. NYC |
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1994 |
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Bonni Benrubi Gallery NYC |
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1993 |
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The National Arts Club NYC |
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1989 |
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Becker Gallery, Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME |
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1988 |
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North Gallery Boston, MA |
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1988 |
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Midtown |
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Literature |
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2002 |
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Spirit of Family: Al and Tipper Gore, Henry Holt Publishers, 2002 |
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1998 |
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Alice’sAdventures in Wonderland, Illustrated with photographs by Abelardo Morell, Introduction by Leonard Marcus, Published by Dutton’s Children’s Books, New York, 1998 |
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1996 |
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Making It Real, (catalogue) Independent Curators Incorporated, New York, 1996 Introduction by Luc Sante and essay by guest curator Vik Muniz |
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1995 |
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Aperture (Issue141), “Cuba: Image and Imagination” ,Fall, 1995 |
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1995 |
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Feels Like Home, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995 |
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1995 |
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An American Century of Photography: From Dryplate to Digital, The Hallmark Photographic Collection, Keith F. Davis, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and Harry N. Abrams, 1995 |
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1994 |
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MoMA, Magazine of the Museum of Modern Art, “New Photography 10,” essay by Sheryl Conkelton, No. 18, Fall-winter, 1994. |
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1993 |
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In Camera (brochure), Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM., 1993. Essay by Eugenia Parry Janis |
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1993 |
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Photography by Cintas Fellows (catalogue) Florida International University Art Museum, Miami, FL, 1993. Essay by Manuel E. Gonzalez |
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1993 |
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Photo National (catalogue), Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, 1993 |
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1992 |
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Photography 1992 Exhibition (catalogue), Berkshire Museum of Art, Pittsfield. |
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1992 |
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Fables of the Visible World (catalogue), Huntington Gallery, Boston, MA, 1992. |
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1992 |
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More Than One Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1992. |
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1991 |
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Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort (catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, New York 1991. |
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1990 |
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Contemporary American Art from the Philip Morris Collection (catalogue), Knoxville Museum of Art 1990. |
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1988 |
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20th Century Photographs from the Collection of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (catalogue), University of Southern Maine, 1988 |
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