Gedney, William, d. 1989

  1. Gedney, William, d. 1989
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1932, Oct. 29 Born, New York, N.Y. 1955 B.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955 1965 Graphic designer for magazine layout and book design 1964 Photographed in Eastern Kentucky 1965 1969 Photographed American composers 1968, Dec. 1969, March Exhibit: Eastern Kentucky and San Francisco: Photographs by William Gedney, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1969, Summer Documented work of the Social Security Administration, Hays, Kansas 1969 1971 Photographed in India 1969 1989 (?) Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cooper Union, New York 1971 1989(?) Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, New York 1972 Photographed in Kentucky 1978 1980 Exhibit: Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1980 Photographed in Calcutta, India 1989, June 23 Died, New York, N.Y. 1990 William Gedney collection of photography books and equipment presented to Chitrabani Center, Calcutta, India 2000 Large retrospective exhibition, Short Distances and Definite Places: The Photographs of William Gedney held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

William Gedney received the following fellowships and grants: a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship, 1966-1967; a Fulbright Fellowship for photography in India, 1969-1971; a New York State Creative Artists Public Service Program (C.A.P.S.) grant, 1972-1973; and a National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1975-1976.

Group shows in which Gedney's work was exhibited include Museum of Modern Art shows, Photography Current Report in 1968, Ben Schultz Memorial Collection in 1969, and Recent Acquisitions in 1971; Vision and Expression, George Eastman House, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1972. A major retrospective exhibit was held in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2000.

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