Marilyn Bridges
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Marilyn Christine Bridges (born 1948) is an American photographer noted for her fine art black and white aerial photographs of extraordinary ancient and modern landscapes. She has photographed sacred and secular sites in over 20 countries, including Peru, Mexico, France, Britain, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Australia, Namibia, Indonesia and India.[1] Bridges is a licensed pilot and a Fellow of the Explorers Club. She lives in New York.
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Born | 1948 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Rochester Institute of Technology |
Known for | Aerial photography |
Website | www |
Bridges' work has been exhibited in over 300 museums and galleries, including solo exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, the Moscow House of Photography in Russia, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, the George Eastman House in Rochester, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the International Center of Photography in New York.[1] Museums with extensive collections of her work include the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the International Center of Photography in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York,[2] the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, and the Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi in Belgium.[1] Her photographs have been published in major magazines, including Vanity Fair, Condé Nast Traveler, Time, Life, Archaeology, Smithsonian and The New York Times Magazine.[1] She is the author of eight books.