Catherine Opie

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Catherine Sue Opie (born 1961) is an American fine-art photographer. Specializing in portrait, studio, and landscape photography, Opie creates pieces relating to sexual identity. She is known for her portraits exploring the Los Angeles leather dyke community. Opie's work is held at the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. She has won awards including the United States Artists Fellowship (2006) and the Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award (2009). Opie is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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