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Meghann Riepenhoff (born 1979) is an American photographer, living in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and San Francisco, California, who makes camera-less cyanotypes. She has produced the books Littoral Drift + Ecotone (2018) and Ice (2022). Her work is held in the collections of the High Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and in 2018 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Life and work

Riepenhoff is from Atlanta, GA. She received a BFA in photography from the University of Georgia, and an MFA from San Francisco Art Institute. She lives in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and San Francisco, California.

She makes camera-less cyanotypes in collaboration with the landscape and the ocean. "Riepenhoff utilises waves, rain, wind and sediment in her process, creating physical inscriptions through the direct contact of these natural phenomena with her photographic materials".

Publications

• Littoral Drift + Ecotone. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Radius; New York City: Yossi Milo, 2018. ISBN 9781942185468.
• Ice. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Radius; New York City: Yossi Milo, 2022. Photography by Riepenhoff, text by Rebecca Solnit. ISBN 9781942185864.

Group exhibitions

• Cyanotypes: Photography's Blue Period, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 2016
• New Territory: Landscape Photography Today, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, 2018

Awards

• 2018: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Collections

Riepenhoff's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• High Museum of Art, New York: 2 prints (as of 14 March 2023)
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA: 1 print (as of 14 March 2023)
• Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA: 1 print (as of 14 March 2023)

See also

• Anna Atkins

References

1. ^ "Riepenhoff, Meghann". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
2. ^ "About - Meghann Riepenhoff". meghannriepenhoff.com. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
3. "Exhibition Review: Ice: Meghann Riepenhoff". Musée Magazine. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
4. ^ "Eluvium". High Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
5. ^ "Meghann Riepenhoff". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
6. Mallonee, Laura. "The Ocean Made These Wild Photos. Yes, Really". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
7. "Seascapes without a camera: Meghann Riepenhoff's cyanotypes". The Guardian. 23 February 2018. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
8. Liberty, Megan N. (9 July 2019). "Meghann Riepenhoff's Littoral Drift and Ecotone". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
9. Colberg, Jörg. "Littoral Drift + Ecotone". Conscientious Photography Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
10. Merola, Alex. "Meghann Riepenhoff's new book collects cyanotypes made by ice - 1854 Photography". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
11. "'Cyanotypes: Photography's Blue Period'". The New York Times. 5 February 2016. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
12. Delson, Susan (8 June 2018). "In Denver, Landscapes Soaked, Digitized and Irradiated". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
13. "Works – Meghann Riepenhoff – Creators – Worcester Art Museum". worcester.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

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• Official website

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