Deborah Luster

1951–

Introduction

Deborah Luster (born 1951) is a photographic artist from Northwest Arkansas, and has been a professional photographer since the 1990s. Luster co-created One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana with C.D. Wright, and is known for using older technology such as tintype to document and artistically portray violent crime and related topics. Her work has been published and written about by The Economist, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Jack Shainman Gallery, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Roles

Artist, photographer

ULAN identifier

500333950

Names

Deborah Luster

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First acquired
2004

Date of birth
April 27, 1951

API
artists/9358

Wikidata
Q18156634



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