Elizabeth Waterman
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{{short description|American photographer}}
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| birth_place = Taos, New Mexico, United States
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Elizabeth Waterman is an American photographer, known for her images of millennial artists and American strip club culture.
Early life and education
Elizabeth was born in Taos, New Mexico, United States. She earned her BA in Fine Arts at the University of Southern California.{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Waterman|url=https://phmuseum.com/eww5223|access-date=2021-05-01|website=phmuseum.com|language=en}}
Career
Elizabeth is the author or Moneygame, a female perspective photo book of strippers from various clubs after she visited more than 30 clubs in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas and New Orleans. The book was distributed by the Portuguese publisher XYZ Books.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-19 |title=How a fine-art photographer recast the lives of exotic dancers through a female gaze |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-11-19/moneygame-elizabeth-waterman |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
In October 2022, Waterman did a solo exhibition at Boogie Wall, an all-female focused gallery in London, featuring pictures from her book Moneygame.{{Cite web |title=Boogie Wall Presents Elizabeth Waterman: Moneygame — Exhibition at BOOGIE — WALL in London |url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/boogie-wall-presents-elizabeth-waterman-moneygame |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=ArtRabbit |language=en}}
In December 2022, she released a photo series called "Women of the Sidewalk Project", in partnership with non-profit organization The Sidewalk Project. As a part of the holiday season, they released 12 days of portrait photos of transgender women living on the Los Angeles streets.{{Cite web |last= M. Redman |first=Bridgette |date=2022-12-19 |title=Photographer launches 'Women of the Sidewalk Project' |url=http://www.ladowntownnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/photographer-launches-women-of-the-sidewalk-project/article_93470dda-7d94-11ed-b6db-2f3805369f92.html |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Los Angeles Downtown News — The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles |language=en}}
Publications
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- Moneygame, 2022. {{ISBN|9789895318209}}{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Sonaiya |date=2021-11-19 |title=How a fine-art photographer recast the lives of exotic dancers through a female gaze |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-11-19/moneygame-elizabeth-waterman |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
Awards and recognition
- Prix de la Photographie (PX3) 2020; Honorable Mention in Fine Art/People{{Cite web |title=PX3 2020 Honorable Mention Winner — Dark Angels 2020 |url=https://px3.fr/winners/hm/2020/1-91179-20/ |access-date=2021-04-25 |language=en-US}}
- British Journal of Photography, Portrait of Humanity Book, Publication, May 2019{{Cite web |title=Dark Angels: Illuminating the beauty and athleticism of strippers |url=https://www.1854.photography/2020/10/dark-angels-elizabeth-waterman/ |access-date=2021-04-27 |website=1854.photography |language=en-GB}}
- Prix de la Photographie (PX3) 2018; Gold Winner in the Documentary Category, Silver Winner in the People Category, and Honorable Mention{{Cite web |title=PX3 2018 Winner — Dark Angels |url=https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2018/9990/ |access-date=2021-04-25 |language=en-US}}
- 16th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest, Photo of the Day, Editor's Pick(September 21, 2018){{Cite web |last=Waterman |first=Elizabeth |title=Violet and Eliot |url=https://photocontest.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/detail/violet-and-eliot-smoking-in-front-of-graffitied-angel-wings-in-los-angeles/ |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}
Personal life
She is married to an American photographer, film director and author Michael Grecco.{{Cite web |title=Meet Michael Grecco: Photographer, director, producer, and entrepreneur |url=https://daysofpunk.com/book-gallery/punk-rock-press/meet-michael-grecco-photographer-director-producer-and-entrepreneur |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=Days of Punk |language=en-US}} The couple lives in Los Angeles, United States.
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://elizabethwaterman.com}}
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Category:21st-century American photographers
Category:21st-century American women photographers
Category:American portrait photographers
Category:Artists from Taos, New Mexico
Category:Photographers from New Mexico
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