Rosalie Gwathmey

Rosalie Gwathmey
Gwathmey shares her work at a Photo League meeting, 1947
Born
Rosalie Hook

(1908-09-15)September 15, 1908
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
DiedFebruary 12, 2001(2001-02-12) (aged 92)
Amagansett, New York, US
Known forPhotography, Textile design
Spouse
Robert Gwathmey
(m. 1935⁠–⁠1988)
his death

Rosalie Gwathmey (nee Hook, September 15, 1908 – February 12, 2001) was an American painter and photographer known for her photos of black southern communities around her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Up-date on the Photo League Negatives". Harold Feinstein. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ Loke, Margarett (16 February 2001). "Rosalie Gwathmey, 92, a Photographer of Southern Black Life". The New York Times.