Sonya Noskowiak | |
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 Sonya Noskowiak, c.1932. Photograph by Imogen Cunningham. | |
| Born | November 25, 1900 Leipzig, Germany |
| Died | April 28, 1975 (aged 74) Greenbrae, California, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Photography |
| Partner | Edward Weston (1929–1935) |
Sonya Noskowiak (25 November 1900 – 28 April 1975) was a 20th-century German-American photographer and member of the San Francisco photography collective Group f/64 that included Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. She is considered an important figure in one of the great photographic movements of the twentieth century. Throughout her career, Noskowiak photographed landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Her most well-known, though unacknowledged, portraits are of the author John Steinbeck. In 1936, Noskowiak was awarded a prize at the annual exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists. She was also represented in the San Francisco Museum of Art’s “Scenes from San Francisco” exhibit in 1939. Ten years before her death, Noskowiak's work was included in a WPA exhibition at the Oakland Museum in Oakland, California.