Jennette Williams

This article is about the American photographer. For the American politician and activist, see Jeanette Williams.
Jennette Williams
Born(1952-12-17)December 17, 1952
New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 9, 2017(2017-04-09) (aged 64)
Alma materYale University School of Art
Known forPhotographer, educator

Jennette Williams (December 17, 1952 – April 9, 2017) was an American photographer known for her photographs of women.

Williams was born on December 17, 1952, in Forest Hills, Queens.[1] She attended the Yale University School of Art.[2] In 2000 she was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.[3] In 2009 Duke University Press and the Center for Documentary Studies published a portfolio of Williams' platinum prints of women bathers entitled The Bathers.[4] The book was awarded the Honickman First Book Prize in Photography.[1][5]

Williams taught at the School of Visual Arts.[2]

She died on April 9, 2017, at the age of 64.[1] Her work is held in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art[6] and is archived at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Jennette Williams Obituary (2017)". New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Jennette Williams '91MFA | Obituaries". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Jennette Williams". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  4. ^ "The Bathers". Duke University Press. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ "The Honickman Foundation: Jenette Williams, The Bathers". The Honickman Foundation. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Untitled - Jennette Williams". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Jennette Williams photographs, 2000-2006 - Archives & Manuscripts at Duke University Libraries". David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Retrieved 25 June 2023.