As a working archivist and art historian in-training I am interested in looking at midcentury photography in context, namely that of the popular. My research at Hunter College attempts to situate the commercial and artistic ambitions of these photographs, in addition to uncovering their relationship with literature, graphic design, and popular cinema. With my work, I hope to promote midcentury material culture and its wider accessibly within the art historical community.

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Over the past two years I've been developing original research on Junior Bazaar, a short-lived 1940s magazine for teenage girls that launched the careers of Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman, and Robert Frank, among other preeminent American photographers and graphic designers. The magazine's graphic schema celebrated the transformative power of fashion through a nuanced lens, often commenting on the constructed nature of the feminine identity through self-reflexive visual strategies. Junior Bazaar incorporated eclectic aspects of European Modernism with a playful sense of confidence. The magazine was aesthetically exceptional in comparison to other contemporaneous American magazines, which were left largely untouched by the influence of the European avant-garde. As a compact but robust archive of images, text, and advertisements, Junior Bazaar speaks to role of women in the creation and consumption of American Modernism in the immediate postwar period. The final version of this project will be a Master's thesis, written in completion of my MA degree at Hunter College. 

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In addition to my interest in mid-century magazines, I am more broadly  fascinated by the commercial work of American artists. I've researched a wide range of topics, ranging from George N. Barnard's stereocard practice to Charles Sheeler's work as staff photographer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns' department store blueprints. I am also the archivist and internship program supervisor at the Richard Avedon Foundation and take pride in my role in educating students in research and preservation methods. In my spare time, I moonlight as an artist and collector.