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Introduction
Wright Marion Morris (January 6, 1910 – April 25, 1998) was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as well as for experimenting with narrative forms.
Wikidata
Q920901
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Introduction
From 1933 to 1934, Morris travelled in Europe. He began photography in Vienna, Austria. In 1938, he moved from California to Middlebury, Connecticut, where he began photographing Cape Cod, Massachusetts and New England. In 1939, he began combining his writing and his photographs and from 1940-1941, travelled and photographed in the Southern, Midwestern, and Southwestern United States. In 1942, he photographed in Nebraska. Around 1970, Morris photographed in Venice, Italy.
Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Roles
Artist, Author, Professor, Writer, Photographer
Names
Wright Morris, Wright Marion Morris
Ulan
500037016
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  • Photography at MoMA: 1920 to 1960 Edited by Quentin Bajac, Lucy Gallun, Roxana Marcoci, and Sarah Hermanson Meister, 2016 Hardcover, 416 pages
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