Melissa ann pinney biography for kids

Melissa Ann Pinney is a fine art photographer based in Evanston, Illinois. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and has work  included in the permanent collections of the following museums, among many others:

• Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

• George Eastman House (Rochester, NY)

• International Center for Photography (New York, NY)

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  Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles, CA)

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)

• Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, TX)

• Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY)

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, CA)

• Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY)

Melissa's major book publications include Regarding Emma (2003), Girl Ascending (2010), TWO (2015) and In Their Own Light (2023).

Curriculum Vitae

Grants/Awards

2021-22 Diane Dammeyer Fellowship

2022.

Faculty Development Grant, Columbia College Chicago

2018-2020 Artists of CPS Lives Foundation Grant

2020 Faculty Development Grant Co