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Deborah Willis

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African-American artist, photographer, curator of photography (born 1948)

United StatesArtistsBorn 1948 · age 78
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Deborah Willis is a contemporary African-American artist, photographer, curator of photography, photographic historian, author, and educator. Among her awards and honors, she is a 2000 MacArthur Fellow.

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2014NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction
2005Guggenheim Fellowship
2000MacArthur Fellows Program
1996Anonymous Was A Woman Award

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Deborah Willis is a contemporary African-American artist, photographer, curator of photography, photographic historian, author, and educator. Among her awards and honors, she is a 2000 MacArthur Fellow. She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts of New York University. In 2024, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

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United States
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Artists
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Artist
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Born 1948 · age 78
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