Ess, Barbara, 1944-2021
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Name (Hebrew)
אס, ברברה, 1948-2021
Name (Latin)
Ess, Barbara, 1944-2021
Other forms of name
Ess, Barbara, 1948-2021
Date of birth
1948
Place of birth
New York (N.Y.)
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Photography, Pinhole
Occupation
Artists
Photographers
Musicians
Gender
female
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- ( (Record created from: The IMAGINE Thesaurus - The Israel Museum Jerusalem Thesaurus - Artist names authority file) )
- Wikipedia, viewed March 16, 2021(Barbara Ess (born Barbara Eileen Schwartz; April 4, 1944-March 4, 2021) was an American photographer. She often used a pinhole camera and was also known for her No Wave musical and editorial work)
- Artforum website, viewed on March 8, 2021:news article posted March 4, 2021, "Barbara Ess (1948-2021)" (Barbara Ess; photographer, musician and writer; died today at the age of seventy-three)
- Email message to Bard College staff, March 9, 2021:tribute from Magenta Plains gallery, New York City (Barbara Ess, April 4, 1948-March 4, 2021)
- Email correspondence from Daniella Dooling, artist-in-residence, Bard College, March 16, 2021("Her real birthdate was 4/4/1944 - however she used 1948 in her bio ... I tend to think she would prefer 1948 - we hosted a 70th birthday party for her in 2008 with her closest friends and she never told us she was actually 74:) On the other hand, I think 4/4/1944 is a pretty awesome birthdate!")
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Wikipedia description:
Barbara Ess (born Barbara Eileen Schwartz; April 4, 1944 – March 4, 2021) was an American pinhole camera photographer, No Wave musician and Just Another Asshole editor. She taught photography at Bard College since 1997; who in 2024, along with the Schwartz family, has established an annual award to assist Bard College photography students in need called The Barbara Ess Fund for Artistic Expression in Photography.
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