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Joyce Tenneson Character Portrait Photographer Putting Ones Subject at Ease Story by Jill Enfield Article rating: 5.33

Joyce Tenneson, one of the premiere photographer’s of our time, is known mainly for her intimate portraits, which are said to be glimpses into the subject’s psyche.

Joyce has won many prestigious awards including this year’s Photographer of the Year from PMDA (this web-sites sponsor).  She has been in over 150 exhibitions worldwide and in countless magazines such as Time, Life, The New York Times Magazine and American PHOTO. 

American PHOTO Magazine voted Tenneson among the ten most influential women photographers in the history of photography.

Tenneson’s most current book “Wise Women” features images of women from age 65 to 100. Not all of these women are famous or used to being the subject in front of a camera. However, one of Joyce’s main talents is to make everyone feel comfortable in front of her camera (even other photographers!).  Approximately three hundred women were photographed and interviewed to show as wide a cross-section of women as possible. From beautician to Supreme Court Justice, from volunteer teacher to Academy Award winning actress, this book is said to “turn all the negative stereotypes of aging on their head”. “Wise Women” made such a huge impact, that it became a six-part feature on the national TODAY Show in recent months.

Joyce's Equipment:

Camera-
Canon 1 DS Mark 2

Memory Card—
SanDisk Extreme  III (4.0 GB)

Software—
Adobe CS 2 Suite
Microsoft Office

Camera Bag-
Lowepro

Printer—
Epson 9800
Epson 4800
E[spm 2400

Scanner—
Epson Expression 10000 XL

Point & Shoot—
Canon Rebel

Monitor—
Sony
LaCie

Lighting-
Dynalite

Files-
RAW

Computer—
Dell PC

Storage—
LaCie hard drives

Paper-
Epson

Ink-
Epson

Meters-
Sekonic

Cases—
Lowepro

>>Click here to view Tenneson's Tips & Techniques

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This obviously distinguished photographer deserved a much lengthier discussion of her origins and her overall body of work. It is like a sketch and not fulfilling to the reader. Your inclusion of an equipment list is a really great idea but you could have also included even a paragraph statement from the photographer here and elsewhere on your site. Thank you for introducing her to me and for your wonderful web site. Posted by: Jay Oct 7, 2008 @ 10:44 AM EST

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