Lucy Ashjian (1907–1993) was an American photographer. She is known as a member of the Photo League a photographer's cooperative in New York City.
Early life
Ashjian was born in Indianapolis, Indiana,
to
Armenians refugees.
She received a degree in English from Butler University in 1927.
In 1937 she graduated from the Clarence H. White School of Photography.
Career
Ashjian joined the New York
Photo League in 1937 as a photographer,
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:
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Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
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Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
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George Eastman Museum
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The Jewish Museum, New York
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Museum of the City of New York
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Princeton University Art Museum
