Patricia Caulfield
Настоящее имя: Patricia Caulfield
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US American photographer and editor. Born on March 17, 1932 in Chicago, IL, USA. Died on July 16, 2021 in Manhattan, NY, USA. Patricia Caulfield started as a secretary at Modern Photography magazine and rose to become its executive editor in 1964. She was also a pioneer in suing Andy Warhol for using her photo of hibiscus flowers without permission for his famous "Flowers" series. She settled the case and received two paintings and a share of the royalties from Warhol. She left the magazine in 1967 and pursued her passion for nature photography, traveling to various places around the world and capturing the beauty and diversity of wildlife and landscapes. She published several books and articles, and her work appeared in prestigious magazines such as National Geographic, Audubon, Smithsonian, and Nikon World. She was one of the most successful female nature photographers in the country and an advocate for environmental conservation. She later studied biology at the City University of New York Graduate Center, but did not complete her Ph.D. She donated her photographic archive to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin.