Mary Ellen Andrews was born in Reading, PA on June 18, 1937. Married to Benny Andrews in 1958, divorced in around 1998. Her children are Christopher, Thomas, and Julia and she had five grandchildren - Julian, Casey, Sahara, Sacha, and Jesse Andrews. She studied with Diane Arbus and Lisette Model at the New School for social research in New York City. She spent her working years in New York with voyages to different countries like Haïti, England, Guatemala, and others. Photographing varied subjects, such as people, children, transvestites, painted doors, graffitied NYC doors, and NYC artists in her realm. Andrews passed away in March 2020 in New York.
Mary Ellen Andrews
Disciplines:
Visual Arts – photography
Disciplines:
Visual Arts – photography
Based in New York, NY
Residencies: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1984, 1986
Studios
Putnam
Mary Ellen Andrews worked in the Putnam studio.
Originally known simply as Graphics Studio, this building was converted to its current use between 1972 and 1974 through a grant from the Putnam Foundation. Before this transformation, the building served as both a powerhouse and pump house for the property. Well water was drawn from a large cistern and…