Rosamond Wolff Purcell (born 1942) is an American photographer.
Purcell is known for her photographic works that explore subjects in
natural history
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science, and
biology
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.
She was the subject of the 2016 documentary film ''An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell'' by Molly Bernstein.
Her work is included in the permanent collections of:
Art Institute of Chicago
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the
National Gallery of Canada
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.,
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
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, the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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, the
National Academy of Science, and the
Victoria and Albert in London.
''Rosamond Purcell: Nature Stands Aside'', the first retrospective exhibition of the artist’s work, was presented by the
Addison Gallery of American Art
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Places Canada
* Addison, Ontario, a community
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in Andover, Massachusetts, during September through December 2022.
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Living people
20th-century American photographers
21st-century American photographers
1942 births
20th-century American women photographers
21st-century American women photographers
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