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American photographer
Olivia Parker
Born1941
Boston
Alma materWellesley College
Known forStill-life photography
Websitehttps://www.oliviaparker.com/

Olivia Parker (born 1941) is a Manchester-by-the-Sea-based American still-life photographer.

Early life and education

Parker was born in Boston in 1941. She graduated from Wellesley College with a bachelor's degree in art history in 1963.

Career

Parker is interested in the parallels between art and science. Before focusing her practice on still-life photography she was trained as an art historian and also produced paintings in the tradition of 17th-century Dutch and Spanish still life works.

Parker's photographs of found objects have been described as "poetic and dreamy". A retrospective exhibition of Parker's work, titled Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker, was held at the Peabody Essex Museum in 2019. An exhibition catalog accompanied the exhibition.

Parker was inducted in the International Photography Hall of Fame in 2019, along with Ralph Gibson, Elliott Erwitt, Mary Ellen Mark and others.

Collections

Parker's work is included in the collections of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Peabody Essex Museum.

Family life

Parker and her investor husband John moved into a house in Manchester-by-the-Sea in 1967. He died in 2016 after living with Alzheimer’s for years. Her series Vanishing in Plain Sight was about his illness.

References

  1. ^ Sawa, Dale Berning (7 June 2017). "Olivia Parker's best photograph: an early warning of Alzheimer's". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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  3. ^ Cardin, Dinah (4 November 2019). "Sea Glass and Snails: A Found Object Photographer in Manchester". Northshore Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. Block, Annie (12 August 2019). "Olivia Parker's Photography Retrospective Showcases her Mastery of Light". Interior Design. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. Fredrickson, Kathy (31 July 2019). "Libby Parker studio visit". Peabody Essex Museum. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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  8. "Olivia Parker: Broken Nautiluses". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  9. "Pods of Chance from the Ephemera portfolio - Olivia Parker". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  10. "Olivia Parker, Artichoke, 2010". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  11. "About". oliviaparker.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  12. "Olivia Parker". Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  13. "Photography Collection: Cinquefoil". Peabody Essex Museum. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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