Marsha Lynn Burns (born 1945) is an American photographer.

Early life and education

Burns was born in Seattle, Washington. Between 1963 and 1965 she studied painting at the University of Washington and then continued her studies between 1967 and 1969 at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Her first experiences with photography came from a photo course she took in Seattle in 1963. And yet it would take another six years before she decided to dedicate herself fully to the medium of photography as her primary means of artistic expression.

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...

, the Seattle Art Museum, the

Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM; formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's lar ...

, the

Museum of Contemporary Photography A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers ...

, the

Portland Art Museum The Portland Art Museum (PAM) is an art museum in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The Portland Art Museum has 240,000 square feet (22,000 m2), with more than 112,000 square feet (10,400 m2) of gallery space. The museum’s permanent c ...

, the

Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

in Amsterdam, the

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the (), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of ...

in Paris, and the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Publications

* Marsha Burns (1977): ''White Snow Goose Sequence'', Silver Image Gallery, Seattle. * James G. Alinder (Ed) (1980): ''Untitled 23 (The Friends of Photography): 9 Critics 9 Photographers'': James G. Alinder, Paul Caponigro, Beaumont Newhall, David Featherstone, Arthur Ollman, Robert Baker, Eugene Richards, Evon Streetman, John L. Ward, Candida Finkel, Eileen Berger, James D. Burns, Marsha Burns, Thomas Barro, Robert Fichter, Olivia Parker, Gary Metz, Roger Mertin. Carmel, California. The Friends of Photography. * David Featherstone (Ed) (1982): ''Postures': The studio photographs of Marsha Burns''. Friends of Photography. * Carrol T. Hartwell (Autor) (1984): ''The making of a collection''. Photographs from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Millerton. Minneapolis Institute Of Arts, Aperture. * Michael und Gisela Barche (Ed), Köhler (Autor) (1985): ''Das Aktfoto. Ansichten vom Körper im fotografischen Zeitalter Ästhetik Geschichte Ideologie''. Bucher, München. * André Kirchner (Ed) (1986): ''Brief an Marsha Burns''. In: Hier und Dort: Orte, Stadtlandschaften, Material zur Geschichte der modernen Fotografie. Berlin. * Marsha Burns, Michael Burns, Randy Hayes and John Yau (1987): Cities. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. * Suzuki Gyoh (Ed) (1988): ''Visions: Works by 8 Contemporary American Women''. Sandy Skoglund, Karen Filter, Sandra L. Haber, Marsha Burns, Olivia Parker, Judy Coleman, Jan Groover, Barbara Kasten. Parco Pib. Japan. * Peter Weiermair (Ed) (1988): ''Frauen sehen Männer: die Darstellung des männlichen Aktes durch zeitgenössische Fotografinnen''. Dianora Niccolini, Bernis von zur Muehlen, Karin Rosenthal, Marsha Burns, Suzanne E. Pastor, Irene Peschick, Giuliana Traverso, Charlotte March, Nan Goldin, Sandi Fellmann, Barbara DeGenevieve, Lynn Davis, Rosella Bellusci, Maria-Theresia Litschauer, Anette Berns, Ernestine Ruben, Vera Hernandez Correa, Dominique Auerbacher, Lenni van Dinther, Jacqueline Livingstone, Jaschi Klein, Sharon Stewart. Photographie, Schaffhausen. * Beth Goldberg (Ed) (1990): ''Photographs Updated': Similar Images / Dissimilar Motives''. Marsha Burns, Jay Boersma, Julia Margaret Cameron, Eadweard Muybridge, Todd Walker, Hollis Frampton, Harry Callahan, Duane Michals, Imogen Cunningham, Anne W. Brigman, et al. University Art Gallery, Sonomoa State University, Rohnert Park. * Peter Weiermair (Ed) (1995): ''The Male Nudes by Women: an anthology. photography'' by Dianora Niccolini, Bernis von zur Muehlen, Karin Rosenthal, Marsha Burns, Nan Goldin, et al. Edition Stemmle, Frankfurt. * Weiermair, Peter (Ed) (1995): ''Frauen sehen Männer. Eine Anthologie. photography'' by Dianora Niccolini, Bernis von zur Muehlen, Karin Rosenthal, Marsha Burns, Nan Goldin, et al. Edition Stemmle, Zürich. * Ed Marquand (Ed) (1998): ''Beyond Soap, Water and Comb: A Man's Guide to Good Grooming and Fitness'', Marsha Burns. Abbeville Press.

References

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