Willie Anne Wright

Willie Anne Wright is an American photographer.

Life

Wright was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1924.^[1] She graduated from the College of William and Mary with a BS in Psychology, and from Virginia Commonwealth University with an MFA. She studied at the Maine Photographic Workshops and Visual Studies Workshop.^[2]

She is an expert in lensless photography, working with pinhole camera images, solar prints, and photograms.^[3]

Collections

Wright's work is held in the following public collections:

• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.^[4]
• Chrysler Museum of Art.
• Mariners' Museum.
• Southeast Museum of Photography.
• Smithsonian American Art Museum^[5]
• New Orleans Museum of Art.
• Longwood University.
• University of Maine.
• University of New Hampshire.

Exhibitions

In 2015 her exhibition "Direct Positive" of narrative personal images from the late '70's to early 21st century was shown at Candela Books in Richmond, Virginia. She is most known for her exceptional use of the old technique of pinhole camera photography.^[6]

References

1. Collections, American Art. "Willie Anne Wright". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
2. The Morris Museum of Art Presents Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright
3. Smithson, Aline. "WILLIE ANNE WRIGHT: DIRECT POSITIVE". Lens/Scratch Daily. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
4. VMFA: Past: Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs of Re-enactments
5. Collections, American Art. "Willie Anne Wright". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
6. Lord, Jo (November 12, 2015). "'Direct Positive' images are deliciously surreal" (Weekend Art). Richmond Time-Dispatch. p. F11.

External links

• Willie Anne Wright
• Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs of Re-enactments, by Willie Anne Wright | Ester Knows All Things VCUarts
• Summary of the Willie Ann Wright photographs, 1983 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution