Coreen simpson biography of rory
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Coreen simpson biography of rory
Coreen Simpson
American photographer and jewelry designer
Coreen Simpson (born February 18, 1942) is a noted African-American photographer and jewelry designer, whose work has an African-American theme.
Early life and education
Simpson was born in Brooklyn and was raised along with her brother by a foster family in Brooklyn.[1] She completed Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn.[1] She took courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design, and studied with Frank Stewart, Studio Museum in Harlem in 1977.[1][2]
Career
Simpson's career launched when she became editor for Unique New York magazine in 1980, and she began photographing to illustrate her articles.[1][2] She then became a freelance fashion photographer for the Village Voice and the Amsterdam News in the early 1980s, and covered many African-American cultural and political events in the mid-1980s.
She is also noted