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Ess, Barbara, 1944-2021


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  • Fuller Name

    • Barbara E.
  • Variants

    • Ess, B. (Barbara), 1944-2021
    • Ess, Barbara, 1948-
    • Schwartz, Barbara Eileen, 1944-2021
  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

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    • Earlier Established Forms

      • Ess, Barbara, 1948-
    • Sources

      • found: nuc85-60489: Just another asshole [MI] 1979(usage on NN rept.: B. Ess)
      • found: Krane, S. Barbara Ess, c1992:p. 19 (b. 1948 in Brooklyn, N.Y.; artist and writer)
      • found: Email from MH, Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Mar. 5, 2007(been in contact with Ms. Ess, now a professor at Bard College, and she would prefer that the full form "Barbara Ess" be used as her name heading)
      • found: Bard College Web site, Mar. 6, 2007(Barbara Ess; associate professor of photography, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts; performed and recorded music with bands since 1978)
      • found: Artforum website, viewed on March 8, 2021:news article posted March 4, 2021, "Barbara Ess (1948-2021)" (Barbara Ess; photographer, musician and writer; died today at the age of seventy-three)
      • found: New York times WWW site, viewed March 16, 2021:obituary dated March 9, 2021 (Barbara Ess; artist and musician best known for plumbing the limits of perception with a pinhole camera; born Barbara Eileen Schwartz, in Brooklyn on April 4, 1944; died on Thursday [March 4] at her home in Elizaville, N.Y., aged 76)
      • found: Smithsonian American Art Museum WWW site, viewed March 16, 2021:artist pages (Barbara Ess; Barbara E. Ess; born New York, Kings, New York [i.e. Brooklyn], 1948; active London, England)
      • found: Davis Publications WWW site, viewed March 16, 2021:"What's old is new again" (on pinhole photography), dated June 21, 2010 (illustration of "No title (Dog's feet)," 1985, by Barbara Ess, born 1946, US) - https://www.davisart.com/blogs/curators-corner/pinhole-photography-barbara-ess/
      • found: Wikipedia, viewed March 16, 2021(Barbara Ess (born Barbara Eileen Schwartz; April 4, 1944-March 4, 2021) was an American photographer. She often used a pinhole camera and was also known for her No Wave musical and editorial work)
      • found: Email message to Bard College staff, March 9, 2021:tribute from Magenta Plains gallery, New York City (Barbara Ess, April 4, 1948-March 4, 2021)
      • found: Email correspondence from Daniella Dooling, artist-in-residence, Bard College, March 16, 2021("Her real birthdate was 4/4/1944 - however she used 1948 in her bio ... I tend to think she would prefer 1948 - we hosted a 70th birthday party for her in 2008 with her closest friends and she never told us she was actually 74:) On the other hand, I think 4/4/1944 is a pretty awesome birthdate!")
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    • Change Notes

      • 1985-10-07: new
      • 2021-03-18: revised
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