Kwilecki, Paul, 1928-2009

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Dates:
Birth 1928
Death 2009
Americans,

Biographical notes:

Georgia photographer.

From the description of Papers, 1960-1997. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40093292

1928 Feb. 24 Paul Kwilecki born in Bainbridge, Georgia 1948 1949 (?) Photographs published in Life magazine 1949 B.A. in English, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 1960 Began making a photographic record of Decatur County, Georgia 1975 Sold his hardware business in order to devote all his time to photography 1979 Awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1981 Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship Publication of his first book, Understandings 1992 Publication of Lowly Wise: Scenes of Religion In and Around Decatur County 1994 Nov. 4 Dec. 21 Exhibit: Paul Kwilecki: Decatur County, Georgia, Lehigh University 1997 Oct. 2000 Oct. Traveling exhibit: Homage: Photographs of Decatur County, Georgia, offered by the South Carolina State Museum 2001 Exhibit: Decatur County, Georgia, at Duke University's David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library December 9, 2009 Died in Bainbridge, Georgia, age 81

Kwilecki's photography is also housed as part of permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga., the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ga., the Lyndhurst Foundation, Chattanooga, Tenn., and the Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Ga.

From the guide to the Paul Kwilecki Photographs and Papers, 1960-2008 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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Subjects:

  • Documentary photography
  • Photographers

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Places:

  • Bainbridge (Ga.) (as recorded)
  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Decatur County (Ga.) (as recorded)

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