Barbara Ess

Barbara Ess
Born
Barbara Eileen Schwartz

(1944-04-04)April 4, 1944
Brooklyn, New York City, US
DiedMarch 4, 2021(2021-03-04) (aged 76)
Elizaville, New York, US
EducationUniversity of Michigan
London Film School
Known forlarge-scale pinhole photography
post-punk no wave music
PartnerGlenn Branca
AwardsNational Endowment for the Arts
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation

Barbara Ess (born Barbara Eileen Schwartz; April 4, 1944 – March 4, 2021)[1][2] was an American pinhole camera photographer, No Wave musician and Just Another Asshole editor. She taught photography at Bard College since 1997; who in 2024, along with the Schwartz family, has established an annual award to assist Bard College photography students in need called The Barbara Ess Fund for Artistic Expression in Photography.[3]

  1. ^ Hendrich, Will (March 9, 2021). "Barbara Ess, 76, Dies; Artist Blurred Lines Between Life and Art". New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Barbara Ess (1948–2021)". Artforum. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ [1] Bard College announces the creation of The Barbara Ess Fund for Artistic Expression in Photography