About Geraldine Sharpe
Lived 1929 – 1968 (aged 38–39). Geraldine Sharpe was an American photographer.
Geraldine Sharpe (1929–1968), also known as Gerry Sharpe, was an American photographer. She had worked as an assistant to Ansel Adams. Sharpe's two major bodies of work include photographs of landscapes, and of Ghana (from 1962).
Biography Geraldine Sharpe was born in 1929 in Trenton, New Jersey. She attended the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute), where she graduated in 1956. While in school, her film camera was a Zeiss Ikon 120.
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Who was Geraldine Sharpe?
American photographer (1929–1968)
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Geraldine Sharpe was born in 1929.
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Geraldine Sharpe died on 29 December 1968 in West Chester.
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Geraldine Sharpe was a photographer.
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Geraldine Sharpe was American.
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