James L. Enyeart

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James L. Enyeart (born January 13, 1943 ) is an American photographer, scientist and museum director. From 1989 to 1995, Enyeart served as director of the prestigious George Eastman House in Rochester, New York . Prior to that, he was director of the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona from 1977 to 1989.

Enyeart received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and several other awards including the Josef Sudek Medal of the Czech Republic, the Achievement Award from the Photographic Society of Japan and the Obelisk of the Photokina, Cologne. Enyeart is also the author of numerous books. His photographs are in the collections of the George Eastman House, the Smithsonian American Museum of Art, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Center for Creative Photography, the Sheldon Memorial Gallery, the Kiasato Museum for Photography in Japan, the Irish Museum of Modern Art as well other museums and private collections.

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  1. ^ Guggenheim Fellows
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SURNAME Enyeart, James L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American photographer, scientist and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1943