Judith Joy Ross Artist Talk

Over the course of the past thirty years, Judith Joy Ross (b. 1946) has produced a remarkable body of work focusing on portraiture. She traditionally works in series and began by photographing people in Eurana Park. Her work often refers to universal social issues and draws on her own life and experiences. For example, she photographed students and teachers in the small Pennsylvania schools that she had once attended. The resulting series of portraits spoke to the challenges of adolescence and growing up. Ross also did a series of people in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. and people protesting the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. She uses a large-format camera and works in both black and white and color. She has received numerous awards for her work including a Guggenheim Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and has published several monographs. Ross lives and works in Pennsylvania. Ross will be giving an Artist talk on Monday September 17, 2012 at 12:00pm in Williams Center for the Arts, Room 108. This talk is open to the public with a reception preceding the talk. Please come and learn more about Judith and her work!