Estelle Jussim
American historian of photography
Estelle Jussim (March 18, 1927 – March 1, 2004) was an American historian of photography, writer, and professor. She taught at Simmons College in Boston for over two decades and authored several books on photographic history and visual culture, most notably Visual Communication and the Graphic Arts (1974) and Landscape as Photograph (1985).
Early life and education
Jussim was born on March 18, 1927, in Manhattan, New York, the daughter of Boris and Manya (Glusker) Jussim. She earned a Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Queens College in 1947. She later earned a Doctorate of Library Service from Columbia University.
Career
From 1967 to 1972 Jussim taught History of Communications at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1972 she joined the graduate school of Simmons College in Boston, where she taught History of Photography, History of Rare Books, and graphic arts and communications until her retirement in 1992. She served on the International Advisory Board of History of Photography, a peer-reviewed journal based in London, from at least 1978. Her lecture at the Amon Carter Museum formed the basis of her 1983 book Frederic Remington, the Camera, and the Old West. Linköping University in Sweden awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1990.
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