Nancy Newhall 1942, photo by Barbara Morgan.
Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
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Nancy Wynne Newhall was an American photography critic. She is best known for writing the text to accompany photographs by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, but was also a widely published writer on photography, conservation, and American culture. She was also co-founder of Aperture Magazine.
There are many resources about Nancy's life and work, including collections at the Library of Congress, the Getty Museum, and many more; the New York Times also wrote an obituary article upon her passing.
Alternative Names: Nancy Wynne
Nancy Newhall was a photography professor at the college from 1946 to 1948.
Relationships
Husband: Fellow faculty, Beaumont Newhall
Amanda Hartman is the creator of BMC Yearbook, serving as the lead director, engineer, and researcher. She holds a MLIS in archive/ collections management, MA in art/ museum education, and BA in design. After working in museums and archives for a decade, she made the transition to tech and is now a software developer specializing in applications for museums, archives, and higher education.
Her interest in Black Mountain College began while working as a digital archivist with the Asheville Art Museum's BMC archive collection. She transcribed and digitized over 1500 documents created by the college. While working closely with these archives, she began independent research on the interracial program and Negro Week activities BMC, writing biographies of lesser known students and staff members. That research transformed into this BMC Yearbook project.
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