William Gedney

William Gale Gedney (1932-1989) was an American photographer. It wasn't until after his death that his work gained momentum and his work is now widely recognized. He was born in Greenville, New York.

During his lifetime, Gedney received several fellowships and grants, including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship from 1966 to 1967, a Fulbright Fellowship for photography in India from 1969 to 1971, a New York State Creative Artists Public Service Program (C.A.P.S.) grant from 1972 to 1973; and a National Endowment for the Arts grant from 1975 to 1976.

Gedney's work has been exhibited in numerous group shows, including Museum of Modern Art shows, Photography Current Report in 1968, Ben Schultz Memorial Collection in 1969, and Recent Acquisitions in 1971; as well as Vision and Expression, George Eastman House, and Rochester Institute of Technology, in 1972.

William Gedney died of AIDS in 1989 in New York City and is buried in Greenville, New York, a few short miles from his childhood home. He left his photographs and writings to his life long friend Lee Friedlander.

External links

* [http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/gedney/ William Gedney Photographs and Writings] , a digital collection in the [http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/ Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library] at Duke University.