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Morgan Gwenwald (born 1952) is an American photographer. Beginning her work in the early gay rights movement, she is one of a small group of professional lesbian photographers who documented the early days of the community in the 1970s.[1]
Early life
editGwenwald was raised in Florida. She began taking photography courses at a local college, Florida Presbyterian College, while still a high school student.[1] She then went on to get a BFA degree in Tallahassee, Florida.
Career
editIn 1979, Gwenwald moved to New York City where she became involved with the Lesbian Herstory Archives.[1] The Archives included a darkroom where Gwenwald did much of her printing work.[2]
In 1982, Gwenwald compiled the first Lesbian Photography Directory.[3][4] Much of her work was sexual but subjects were often photographed with their faces cropped, turned away, or obscured to avoid consequences of legal and social homophobia. Gwenwald's work has been repeatedly featured in the erotica magazine On Our Backs.[5]
Personal life
editGwenwald lives in upstate New York.[6] She works as a librarian at State University of New York at New Paltz.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Photographers on Photographers: Megan Reilly in Conversation with Morgan Gwenwald". LENSCRATCH. 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ "Exclusive Interview: Images on which to build, 1970s-1990s curator Ariel Goldberg "it's about coming together to insist on preserving & activating trans & queer histories"". The Queer Review. 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ "WOMEN TALK: JEB". Women Photograph. 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ Zimmerman, Bonnie; Haggerty, George (2021-06-13). Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures. Routledge. p. 590. ISBN 978-1-135-72870-0.
- ^ "Selected Photographs, 1975-2000 – Depicting Desire: Butch/Femme Representation in the Late 20th Century". 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
- ^ "Images on which to build: Morgan Gwenwald and Ariel Goldberg in Conversation". Magnum Foundation. 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
Further reading
edit- Getting from then to now: Sustaining the Lesbian Herstory Archives as a lesbian organization - Morgan Gwenwald and five other early members of the Lesbian Herstory Archives
External links
edit- Correspondence between Gwenwald and Joan E. Biren (JEB) held at the Smith College Archives in the Sophia Smith Collection