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Coreen Simpson's photographs stylistically capture culture and personality through pose and photomontage.
Coreen Simpson
American photographer and jewelry designer
Coreen Simpson (born February 18, ) 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 [1][2]
Career
Simpson's career launched when she became editor for Unique New York magazine in , 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 s, and covered many African-American cultural and political events in the mids.
She is also noted for her studies of Har