Bettye Lane

Bettye Lane
Bettye Lane at the Washington Square Arch.
Born
Elisabetta Foti

(1930-09-19)September 19, 1930
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedSeptember 19, 2012(2012-09-19) (aged 82)
New York, New York
NationalityAmerican
Known forPhotography, photojournalism

Bettye Lane (September 19, 1930, Boston – September 19, 2012, Manhattan) was an American photojournalist known for documenting major events within the feminist movement, the civil rights movement, and the gay rights movement in the United States.[1] She joined CBS television in 1960, and from 1962 to 1964 she was with the Saturday Evening Post. Her work has been published in the National Observer, Time, Life, and the Associated Press.

Lane's work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution and some of her photographs are part of the permanent collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her work is also part of the collections of the New York Public Library and the libraries at Harvard and Duke University. Her photographs have also been utilized in documentary films and published books.

Lane died on her 82nd birthday.[2]

  1. ^ "Bettye Lane Gay Rights Movement Photographs". New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
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