Alexandra Silverthorne

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Photograph from Fletcher's Boathouse in Washington
Photograph from Fletcher's Boathouse in Washington

Alexandra Silverthorne is a Washington, D.C. black and white photographer whose work has focused on social and political movements.

Silverthorne's first main works were from demonstrations in Washington and New York aganst the war in Iraq. In 2004, she was selected to be one of six American representatives at the 2004 World Conference Against A & H Bombs, a trip which resulted in a solo exhibit at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in Washington. Most recently, Silverthorne received funding from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities to portray the city of Washington through its parks. Silverthorne works most often with Silver Gellatin prints and has experimented with Solarisation. A native of D.C., Silverthorne attended St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts and Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut where she majored in Government and minored in Art and Philosophy.

Silverthorne is traveling to Ireland in April, where she will shoot in color for the first time.

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