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Peggy Crawford1917-2015United States
Margaret (Peggy) Frank Crawford was an American
photographer, writer, and educator. She
was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 18, 1917, and attended Smith College,
where she graduated as a member of the class of 1938 with majors in French
literature and art history. She spent
her junior year in Paris, which would have a profound impact on her work and
her life.
After graduating from Smith, she founded the “Modern Art Society” in Cincinnati (now called the Contemporary Arts Center) along with Betty Pollock Rauh and Rita Tentschler, two other young Cincinnati women. She served as founding director from 1939-1942.
In 1942, Crawford married her husband Ralston, and the couple
moved to New York where they raised sons Robert, Neelon, and John. In New York,
she earned a master’s degree from the Banks Street School of Education and
became a reading teacher. She also took courses at the International Center for
Photography, building on a love for photography she’d had since taking her
first photo with a box camera at the age of seven. By the late 1970s, Crawford
had mastered printing color photographs in her own darkroom, shooting such
varied subjects as nature, portraits, architecture, and cityscapes.
In 1985, Claudie Fayein, a French doctor, honorary citizen
of Yemen, and a friend of Crawford’s since the 1950s invited her to come along
on a trip to Yemen. It was the first of nine trips she would make to the
country, visiting both North and South Yemen and later the unified Yemen Arab
Republic and documenting its people,
architecture, and landscapes. In 2005, Crawford published An American in Yemen: Travel Notes of a Photographer in English and
French. The Peggy Crawford collection of slides, made on her nine trips to
Yemen between 1985 and 2004, is held by the Fine Arts Library, Harvard
University.
Peggy Crawford passed away on April 18, 2015 in Santa Fe,
New Mexico at the age of 97.
Sources:
Margaret (Peggy) Frank Crawford obituary. The American Israelite. June 3, 2015. Accessed June 10, 2015. http://americanisraelite.com/archives/38570.
Peggy Crawford Photography. “Biography.” Accessed June 10,
2015. http://www.peggycrawfordphotography.com/biography.html.
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Margaret Frank Crawford
Peggy Crawford
1917-2015
United States
Margaret (Peggy) Frank Crawford was an American
photographer, writer, and educator. She
was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 18, 1917, and attended Smith College,
where she graduated as a member of the class of 1938 with majors in French
literature and art history. She spent
her junior year in Paris, which would have a profound impact on her work and
her life.
After graduating from Smith, she founded the “Modern Art Society” in Cincinnati (now called the Contemporary Arts Center) along with Betty Pollock Rauh and Rita Tentschler, two other young Cincinnati women. She served as founding director from 1939-1942.
In 1942, Crawford married her husband Ralston, and the couple
moved to New York where they raised sons Robert, Neelon, and John. In New York,
she earned a master’s degree from the Banks Street School of Education and
became a reading teacher. She also took courses at the International Center for
Photography, building on a love for photography she’d had since taking her
first photo with a box camera at the age of seven. By the late 1970s, Crawford
had mastered printing color photographs in her own darkroom, shooting such
varied subjects as nature, portraits, architecture, and cityscapes.
In 1985, Claudie Fayein, a French doctor, honorary citizen
of Yemen, and a friend of Crawford’s since the 1950s invited her to come along
on a trip to Yemen. It was the first of nine trips she would make to the
country, visiting both North and South Yemen and later the unified Yemen Arab
Republic and documenting its people,
architecture, and landscapes. In 2005, Crawford published An American in Yemen: Travel Notes of a Photographer in English and
French. The Peggy Crawford collection of slides, made on her nine trips to
Yemen between 1985 and 2004, is held by the Fine Arts Library, Harvard
University.
Peggy Crawford passed away on April 18, 2015 in Santa Fe,
New Mexico at the age of 97.
Sources:
Margaret (Peggy) Frank Crawford obituary. The American Israelite. June 3, 2015. Accessed June 10, 2015. http://americanisraelite.com/archives/38570.
Peggy Crawford Photography. “Biography.” Accessed June 10,
2015. http://www.peggycrawfordphotography.com/biography.html.
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