Wendy Ewald is an American conceptual photographer and educator known for her innovative approach to documentary photography. Born in Detroit in 1951, she studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under Minor White and received a B.A. in Art from Antioch College. Her artistic practice focuses on collaborative projects with children and adults worldwide, exploring themes of identity, cultural difference, and observation. She partners her creative skills with her subjects' imaginations, often teaching them to use cameras to create self-portraits and community portraits. Ewald has received significant recognition for her work, including a MacArthur Fellowship and numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and other major foundations. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics and a Senior Research Associate for Documentary Studies at Duke University.[1,2]
Secret Games: Collaborative Works With Children 1969-19992000 · Scalo · book · EnglishISBN 3908247284Retrospective documenting her projects with children.
I Wanna Take Me a Picture: Teaching Photography and Writing to Children2001 · Beacon Press · bookCo-authored by Alexandra Lightfoot.
Magic Eyes: Scenes from an Andean Girlhood1992 · Bay Press · bookStories told by Alicia Ewald and María Vásquez.
I Dreamed I Had a Girl in My Pocket: The Story of an Indian Village1996 · Doubletake Books and W.W.Norton · bookStories and photographs by the children of Vichya, India.
Exhibitions
2000Secret Games: Wendy Ewald Collaborative Works with Children, 1969-1999Queens Museum of Art, New York Citysolo
2000Secret Games: Wendy Ewald Collaborative Works with Children, 1969-1999Fotomuseum, Winterthursolo
