Ferne Koch (née Goodman; April 8, 1913 – October 13, 2001) was an American photographer.
Education
Koch attended the University of Houston, where she studied photography. Later, she attended workshops taught by Richard Avedon and Edward Weston.
Work
Koch's career as a photographer began in the 1940s in Paris, where she produced documentary photographs.
Collections
Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art.
Her archives are held by Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The archives contain her negatives, slides and photographic prints, as well as ephemera and printed documents.
References
- ^ Johnson, Patricia C. (21 October 2001). "Deaths: Ferne Koch, featured photographer". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Koch, Ferne. "Ferne Koch: An Inventory of Her Papers & Photographic Archive at the Harry Ransom Center". Harry Ransom Center. University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- "Ferne Koch". Afterimage Gallery. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- "Ferne Koch: Alabama Boy". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- "Ferne Koch". Carter Museum of Art. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- "Green-eyed Lorine - Ferne Koch". Dallas Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.