Abigail Heyman
Abigail Heyman (August 1, 1942 - May 28, 2013) was an American feminist and photojournalist, known for her 1974 book, Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal.[1]
Heyman was born in Danbury, Connecticut, to real estate developer Lazarus Heyman and Annette Heyman. She attended Sarah Lawrence College, graduating in 1964, and embarked on a career as a photographer.[1] Her first photography exhibit was in 1972, and in 1974 she published the book that won her acclaim, Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal.[1] She soon after published another book, this time focusing on working women: Butcher, Baker, Cabinetmaker (1978).[1]
In the late 1970s Charles Harbutt invited Heyman to join Magnum Photos,[2] one of the first women to be so invited.[1] In 1981, Heyman, along with Harbutt, Mark Godfrey, Mary Ellen Mark, and Joan Liftin, co-founded Archive Pictures Inc., an international documentary photographers' cooperative.[3][2] In the 1990s, Heyman joined the International Center of Photography in Manhattan as director of the documentary and photojournalism department.[1]
She was married twice, and had one son, Lazar Bloch.[1]
Bibliography
- Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal (1974)
- Butcher, Baker, Cabinetmaker (1978)
- Dreams & Schemes: Love and Marriage in Modern Times (1987)
- Editor, with Ethan Hoffman and Alice Rose George, Flesh & Blood: Photographers' Images of Their Own Families (1992)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Paul Vitello, "Abigail Heyman, Feminist Photojournalist, Dies at 70" (obituary), New York Times, June 9, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Holly Stuart Hughes, "Obituary: Photojournalist Abigail Heyman, Documenter of Women’s Changing Roles, 70", Photo District News, June 10, 2013.
- ↑ http://maryellenmark.com/text/magazines/photo%20district%20news/906W-000-002.html