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2 unusual facts about Elaine Mayes


Elaine Mayes

Known for her portraits of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury residents in 1967-8 and for her iconic images of rock and roll performers in the late 1960s, Mayes' subject matter has also included landscapes and conceptual projects including her series, Autolandscapes, made with a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship from a moving car while traveling across the country in 1971.

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Her videography was included in "Silverlake Life" (1992), an award winning documentary that observed the struggles of film maker Tom Joslin and his partner with AIDS.



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