Kwilecki, Paul, 1928-2009

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)