Schiff, Nancy Rica 1945-

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SCHIFF, Nancy Rica 1945-

PERSONAL: Born December 14, 1945, in NY; daughter of Joseph (a toy manufacturer) and Shirley Schiff. Education: Temple University, B.S., 1968.

ADDRESSES: Home—24 W. 30th St., New York, NY 10001. E-mail[email protected].

CAREER: Professional photographer for corporations and advertising agencies. Guest on television program Souls of New York. Exhibitions: Work exhibited in"Sequential Images," Harkness House, New York, NY, 1977; "All Americans" (touring exhibit), Czech Republic and Bohemia, 1996; "Faces of Hope Patient Portrait Gallery" (touring exhibition), Bayer Corp., 1996ߝ97; and "Komische Fotografie," Wilhelm-Busch-Museum, Hannover, Germany, 2003, as well as shows at Camera Club, New York, NY, Palace Theater Art Gallery, Stamford, CT, Brookdale Institute on Aging, New York, NY, and Buell Children's Museum, Pueblo, CO.

AWARDS, HONORS: New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age selection, 2003, for Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations.

WRITINGS:

(Photographer) Spareribs: Women in the Humor Biz, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1980.

A Celebration of the Eighties (photographs), Harry N. Abrams (New York, NY), 1983.

Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations (photographs), Ten Speed Press (Berkeley, CA), 2002.

Contributor of photographs to periodicals, including Time, Newsweek, New York Times Magazine, Forbes, Money, Working Woman, Opera News, Architectural Digest, Saturday Review, and Modern Maturity.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Odd Jobs, Volume 2.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Entertainment Weekly, January 17, 2003, review of Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations, p. 84.

Publishers Weekly, August 12, 2002, review of Odd Jobs, p. 194.

ONLINE

Nancy Rica Schiff Home Page, http://www.nancyricaschiff.com (July 26, 2004).

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