Linda Connor
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Linda Connor is an American photographer who has spent more than twenty-five years exploring and investigating exotic and spiritual places. She is a frequent visitor to India, Mexico, Thailand, Ireland, Peru, Nepal, Egypt, Hawaii and the American Southwest.
Among her images is a photograph of a ceremonial cloth carefully wrapped around a tree trunk in Bali; petroglyphs hidden in the cliff dwellings of Arizona; star trails captured in Mexico and votive candles meticulously arranged for ceremonial rites at Chartres.
Connor's photographs have appeared in numerous books, including Spiral Journey, published for her mid-career retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in 1990. She is the recipient of many awards including a 1988 & 1976 NEA and a 1979 Guggenheim Fellowship. Her work is part of numerous collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art (NYC), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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 prominent San Francisco Bay Area non-profit group,PhotoAlliance. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and later received her Master's degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
