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Judith Aronson

(1942-)

Artist of 10 portraits
Judith Aronson received a BA in American Studies from the University of Michigan, and an MFA in Graphic Design at Yale University. Aronson began her photographic career in the 1970s, and assisted the photographer and director of the Insight Guides, Hans Hoefer. From 1975 to 1986 she worked in England as a graphic designer, and photojournalist (Sunday Telegraph Magazine). A Boston exhibition (1998), Faces, featured her portraits of writers and artists; the Isole Gallery, Boston, held a two-part colour retrospective Tactile / Mercantile in 2006. Based in Boston since 1986, Aronson heads the graphic design program at Simmons College.

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(Cedric) Keith Simpson, by Judith Aronson - NPG x26036

(Cedric) Keith Simpson

by Judith Aronson
C-type colour print, 1978
NPG x26036

Jonathan Miller, by Judith Aronson - NPG x26035

Jonathan Miller

by Judith Aronson
R-type colour print, 1978
NPG x26035

Sir Ralph Richardson, by Judith Aronson - NPG x125467

Sir Ralph Richardson

by Judith Aronson
dye sublimation archival digital print, 1978
NPG x125467

Sir Robert Stephens, by Judith Aronson - NPG x125466

Sir Robert Stephens

by Judith Aronson
dye sublimation archival digital print, 1979
NPG x125466

Salman Rushdie; Zafir Rushdie, by Judith Aronson - NPG x132538

Salman Rushdie; Zafir Rushdie

by Judith Aronson
bromide print, 1980
NPG x132538

Sir Geoffrey Hill; Alice Goodman, by Judith Aronson - NPG x133352

Sir Geoffrey Hill; Alice Goodman

by Judith Aronson
bromide print, 1984
NPG x133352

Sir Geoffrey Hill, by Judith Aronson - NPG x26037

Sir Geoffrey Hill

by Judith Aronson
bromide fibre print, 1986
NPG x26037

Valerie Thomas (née Little); Sir Keith Vivian Thomas, by Judith Aronson - NPG x132536

Valerie Thomas (née Little); Sir Keith Vivian Thomas

by Judith Aronson
bromide print, 1993
NPG x132536

(Henry) Colin Gray Matthew, by Judith Aronson - NPG x132537

(Henry) Colin Gray Matthew

by Judith Aronson
bromide print, 1993
NPG x132537

Richard Langton Gregory, by Judith Aronson - NPG x126741

Richard Langton Gregory

by Judith Aronson
bromide fibre print, July 2003
NPG x126741

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judith aronson

13 October 2015, 04:31

In 2010 Aronson's book, LIKENESSES, with the Sitters Writing about One Another, was published by Carcanet Press. Since then the photographic portraits from the book have been exhibited in the US and at the Picture Gallery, Christ Church, Oxford, the Royal West Academy, Bristol, The Poetry Society, London and at the University Library, Cambridge, England.

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