Phyllis Dearborn Massar | American, 1917 - 2011
Phyllis Dearborn-Massar was educated in the Liberal Arts at the University of Washington. She studied photography at the Clarence H. White School of Photography, and through a series of courses taught by Ansel Adams at the Museum of Modern Art. It was through these courses that she began an interest and an attachment to the theories and artistic practices of the F-64 group, namely Ansel Adams and Imogen Cunningham.
As an architectural photographer she employed the notions of the F-64 group, recording with exactitude the rhythm of buildings at nightfall, the pattern and information of city blocks, storefronts, architectural details and intimate interiors. Coupled with this passion for picture making was an interest in organizing exhibitions. She curated several photographic exhibitions for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including: Landscape/Cityscape, and Imogen Cunningham.
Phyllis Dearborn-Massar was educated in the Liberal Arts at the University of Washington. She studied photography at the Clarence H. White School of Photography, and through a series of courses taught by Ansel Adams at the Museum of Modern Art. It was through these courses that she began an interest and an attachment to the theories and artistic practices of the F-64 group, namely Ansel Adams and Imogen Cunningham.
As an architectural photographer she employed the notions of the F-64 group, recording with exactitude the rhythm of buildings at nightfall, the pattern and information of city blocks, storefronts, architectural details and intimate interiors. Coupled with this passion for picture making was an interest in organizing exhibitions. She curated several photographic exhibitions for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including: Landscape/Cityscape, and Imogen Cunningham.