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.
Disciplines:
Visual Arts – photography
Mary Ellen Andrews
Disciplines:
Visual Arts – photography
Region: New York, NY
Residencies: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1984, 1986
Studios
Putnam
Mary Ellen Andrews worked in the Putnam studio.
The Graphics Studio (as it was originally named) was converted to its present use in 1972–1974 through a grant from the Putnam Foundation, and originally served the property as both a power house and pump house. Well water was pumped from a large cistern to Hillcrest, the Foreman’s Cottage, and the lower buildings closer to…