About Lucy Ashjian
Lived 1907 – 1993 (aged 85–86). Lucy Ashjian was an American photographer.
Early life Ashjian was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Armenian refugees. She received a degree in English from Butler University in 1927. also serving as Photos Notes editor and board chair of the League's school.
She was included in the 2012 exhibition The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936–1951 held at the Jewish Museum, New York.
Collections Ashjian's work is held in the following permanent collections: Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio George Eastman Museum The Jewish Museum, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Princeton University Art Museum
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Armenian-American photographer (1907–1993)
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