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Zoe Strauss (born 1970) is an American photographer.〔("Zoe Strauss: 10 Years" ), International Center of Photography, Retrieved 11 September 2014.〕 ==Biography== Zoe Strauss was born in 1970 in Philadelphia.〔("Zoe Strauss" ), 2013 Carnegie International, Retrieved 11 September 2014.〕 Her father died when she was 5. She was the first member of her immediate family to graduate from high school. For her 30th birthday she was given a camera and started photographing in the city’s marginal neighborhoods.〔("Magnum Photos Photographer Profile: Zoe Strauss" ), Magnum Photos, Retrieved 11 September 2014.〕 She is a photo-based installation artist who uses Philadelphia as a primary setting and subject for her work. Strauss typically photographs overlooked (or purposefully avoided) details with a humanist perspective and eye for composure.〔Smith, Roberta (2012-07-12), "Art In Review Zoe Strauss: ‘10 Years, a Slideshow’". The New York Times〕 In 1995, she started the Philadelphia Public Art Project, a one-woman organization whose mission is to give the citizens of Philadelphia access to art in their everyday lives.〔("Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Zoe Strauss" ), California Institute of the Arts, Retrieved 11 September 2014.〕 Strauss calls the Project an “epic narrative” of her own neighborhood.〔 “When I started shooting, it was as if somewhere hidden in my head I had been waiting for this,” she has said.〔 Between 2000 and 2011, Strauss’s photographic work culminated in a yearly “Under I-95” show which took place beneath the Interstate in South Philadelphia.〔 She displayed her photographs on concrete pillars under the highway and sold them for $5 each.〔 Strauss received a Seedling Award from the Leeway Foundation in 2002, a Pew Fellowship in 2005, and in 2006 her work was included in the Whitney Biennial.〔 She also had a solo exhibition of her photographs, entitled ''Ramp Project: Zoe Strauss'', at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.〔("Ramp Project: Zoe Strauss" ), Institute of Contemporary Art, Retrieved 6 October 2014.〕 In 2007 Strauss was named a 2007 USA Gund Fellow and granted $50,000 by United States Artists. Strauss frequently photographs near her grandparents' former home at 16th and Susquehanna.〔Heller, Karen (2006-02-15), Page A01, “Suddenly, Her Images Clicked”. Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)〕 Her photographs include shuttered buildings, empty parking lots and vacant meeting halls in South Philadelphia. Strauss says her work is “a narrative about the beauty and difficulty of everyday life."〔Sozanski, Edward J (2004-04-30), Page W25, "Taking Images of the streets back to their birthplace. Catch it While you can: Photos Alfresco Returns". The Philadelphia Inquirer〕 Her book ''America'' was published in 2008 by AMMO Books.〔http://www.ammobooks.com/new/books/america/〕 In July 2012 Strauss was elected into the Magnum Photos agency.〔 Eichel, Molly. ("Zoe Strauss accepted into Magnum Photos" ), philly.com, Retrieved 11 September 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zoe Strauss」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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