- Linda Connor
Linda Connor is an American photographer who photographs spiritual and exotic locations including
India ,Mexico ,Thailand ,Ireland ,Peru ,Nepal ,Egypt ,Hawaii and the American Southwest.Connor studied at the
Rhode Island School of Design and received a Master's degree from theIllinois Institute of Technology .Connor's photographs appear in a number of books, including "Spiral Journey", a catalog of her exhibition at the
Museum of Contemporary Photography in 1990. Connor was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1988 and 1976, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1979. Connor's work is included in the collections of theArt Institute of Chicago ,Museum of Modern Art ,San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , and theVictoria & Albert Museum inLondon .Connor's noted images include a photograph of a ceremonial cloth carefully wrapped around a tree trunk in
Bali ,petroglyphs hidden in the cliff dwellings ofArizona , star trails in Mexico, and votive candles meticulously arranged for ceremonial rites atChartres .Connor is a professor in the Photography Department at the
San Francisco Art Institute where she has taught since 1969. She is also a founding director of the San Francisco Bay Area non-profit group, [http://www.photoalliance.org/ PhotoAlliance] .
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