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John Dugdale (photographer)
American art photographer
John Dugdale (born 1960 in Connecticut) is an American art photographer.
Early life and career
Dugdale's interest in photography started at the age of twelve with his first camera, which was a present from his mother.
He attended the School of the Visual Arts in New York City where he majored in photography and art history. In 1983 his photographic work was first presented in a solo exhibition at Vienna's Molotov Art Gallery.
John dugdale photographer biography
The show and the catalogue were curated by Christian Michelides, the founder of the gallery. Thereafter he started a successful decade long commercial career working for such clients as Bergdorf Goodman, Martha Stewart, and Ralph Lauren.
Blindness
In 1993, at age 33, Dugdale became nearly total blind due to a stroke and CMV retinitis, an HIV-related illness. He became completely blind in his right eye and lost eighty percent visibility in his left eye.
In 2010 he lost his remaining visio