Erika Davidson (July 19, 1926 – March 21, 2007) was an American

photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs. Duties and types of photograp ...

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birth who specialized in photographing live theatre. Born in

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, she immigrated to the US, arriving June 28, 1951 on the SS America. Davidson began her career working for the

Metropolitan Opera Guild The Metropolitan Opera Guild was established in 1935 to broaden the base of support for the Metropolitan Opera, promote greater interest in opera, and develop future audiences by reaching out to a wide public and serving as an educational resource ...

's education department in the 1950s. She began contributing photos to ''

Opera News ''Opera News'' was an American classical music magazine. It was published from 1936 to 2023 by the Metropolitan Opera Guild—a non-profit organization, located at Lincoln Center, that was founded to promote opera and support the Metropolitan ...

'' magazine in 1965, becoming one of the magazine's most frequently published photographers for more than the next 25 years. She left the staff of the Metropolitan Opera Guild in the early 1970s to work as a freelance photographer but continued to specialize in photographing performances at the Met in addition to capturing other stage performances. She died in

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at the age of 80.NY Times Death Notice
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davidson, Erika 1926 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American photographers Emigrants from West Germany to the United States 20th-century American women photographers 21st-century American women