W.M. Hunt is an American

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and has been profiled in The

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’ EGG, the Arts Show, as well as the

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’s ''The Genius of Photography''.

Exhibitions

*"Delirium" Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1995 *"Sans Regard or No Eyes: Photographs from W.M. Hunt / Collection Dancing Bear" Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France, 2005 *"San Regard: La Collection Dancing Bear de W.M. Hunt" Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006 *"Eye: The Dancing Bear Collection of W.M. Hunt"

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam Foam or Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam is a photography museum located on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The museum has four different exhibitions at any given time in which different photographic genres are shown, such as documentary p ...

, The Netherlands, 2007 *"VII @ Galapagos"

New York Photo Festival The New York Photo Festival was founded in January 2007 by Frank Evers and Daniel Power in an effort to establish a U.S. photo festival dedicated to the "future of contemporary photography" and to the exposure of new works. It takes place every ...

, New York, 2008 *"RE: groups" Houston Center for Photography, Houston, 2010 *"The Unseen Eye"

Appleton Museum of Art The Appleton Museum of Art is an art museum located in Ocala, Florida. It is affiliated with and governed by the College of Central Florida and has been since 2004. The Appleton Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of more than 24,000 wo ...

, Florida, 2010 *"I Get A Sickening Feeling Every Time I Think Of It - Ten from 2010" VII Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, 2010 *"Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection exhibition

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References

External links

Conscientious Extended: A Conversation with Bill Hunt

MOSSLESS Interviews: WM Hunt (video)

Ciel Variable: Hide and Seek in a Photograph Collection

World Photo Org's Real Stories: Interview with Bill Hunt (video)

Rencontres de la Photographie à Arles 2005 / I am the collection / W.M. Hunt

New York Photo Festival 2008 / Interview with Bill Hunt (video)

WM Hunt
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