# Alice Wingwall
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{{short description|American photographer and sculptor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alice Wingwall
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| birth_name = Alice Atkinson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|9|5}}
| birth_place = [Indianapolis, Indiana](/source/Indianapolis%2C_Indiana), U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2026|2|13|1935|9|5}}
| death_place = [Sea Ranch, California](/source/Sea_Ranch%2C_California), U.S.
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| occupation = Photographer, sculptor
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| education = [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University)
[University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley)
| spouse = {{marriage|[Donlyn Lyndon](/source/Donlyn_Lyndon)|1963}}
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'''Alice Wingwall''' ({{nee}} '''Atkinson'''; September 5, 1935 – February 13, 2026) was an American photographer and sculptor. Diagnosed with [retinitis pigmentosa](/source/retinitis_pigmentosa) as a young woman, she was [legally blind](/source/legally_blind) for the last 26 years of her life.[{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-Blind-photographer-s-vision-extends-2697897.php |title=Berkeley: Blind photographer's vision extends beyond her eyes |last=DelVecchio |first=Rick |website=sfgate.com |publisher=[SFGate](/source/SFGate) |access-date=November 14, 2025}}]
==Early life and career==
Wingwall was born Alice Atkinson in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 5, 1935, one of four children. She was raised in [Zionsville](/source/Zionsville%2C_Indiana).[{{cite web|title=Alice Wingwall obituary|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/alice-wingwall-obituary?id=60890919|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=February 25, 2026|access-date=May 5, 2026}}] She studied at [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University) and earned a [Master of Fine Arts](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts) degree in sculpture from the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) in 1963. Wingwall later taught at the [University of Oregon](/source/University_of_Oregon) and then became a professor and the director of the studio arts program at [Wellesley College](/source/Wellesley_College).[{{cite web|url=https://www.exploratorium.edu/tinkering/tinkerers/alice-wingwall |title=Tinkering Tinkerers: Alice Wingwall |website=exploratorium.edu |publisher=[Exploratorium](/source/Exploratorium) |access-date=November 14, 2025}}][{{cite web|url=https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/2022-spring/spotlight-2/ |title=Spotlight |last=Sosa |first=Anabel |website=alumni.berkeley.edu |publisher=[Cal Alumni Association](/source/Cal_Alumni_Association) |access-date=November 14, 2025}}] She changed her surname to "Wingwall" in 1980, having been inspired by a street shrine on a [Roman](/source/Rome) building with a stone [cherub](/source/cherub) who seemed to be pulling the building forward despite having lost one of her wings.[{{cite web|url=http://lenscratch.com/2014/04/alice-wingwall-photographer-happens-blind/ |title=ALICE WINGWALL: A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAPPENS TO BE BLIND |last=Smithson |first=Aline |website=lenscratch.com |publisher=Lenscratch |access-date=November 14, 2025}}] She is a member of the Blind Photographers’ Guild alongside Pete Eckert and [Bruce Hall](/source/Bruce_Hall_(photographer)).[{{cite web|url=http://visualsummit.com/link/Promo_Page_-_45714 |title=Blind Photographers' Guild |website=visualsummit.com |publisher=[Bruce Hall](/source/Bruce_Hall_(photographer)) |access-date=November 14, 2025}}]
In 1991, Wingwall created the outdoor fountain and sculpture ''[Cascade Charley](/source/Cascade_Charley)'', which is currently installed on the University of Oregon campus in [Eugene, Oregon](/source/Eugene%2C_Oregon). In 2000, she edited a short film, ''Miss Blindsight/The Wingwall Auditions'', alongside Wendy Snyder MacNeil. The film won the Best Independent Film of the Year award at that year's [New England Film and Video Festival](/source/New_England_Film_and_Video_Festival).[{{cite web|url=https://gualalaarts.org/2017/04/shoulder-the-lion/ |title=DVD screening of documentary, Q&A with Director, Erinnisse Rebisz, Director of Photography, Patryk Rebisz, and local residents Alice Wingwall and Donlyn Lyndon |website=gualalaarts.org |publisher=Gualala Arts Center |access-date=November 14, 2025}}]
Wingwall's work has been included in the [California Museum of Photography](/source/California_Museum_of_Photography)'s ''Sight Unseen'' exhibition and the [Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive](/source/Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive)'s ''Blind at the Museum'' show.[{{cite web|url=https://townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/events/portrait-selves |title=Portrait Selves |website=townsendcenter.berkeley.edu |publisher=Townsend Center for the Humanities |access-date=November 14, 2025}}] Wingwall's exhibit ''Beyond All That'', created in collaboration with Suzan Friedland and Lis Gladstone, has additionally been shown at the Gualala Arts Center in [Mendocino County, California](/source/Mendocino_County%2C_California).[{{cite web|url=https://gualalaarts.org/2024/07/beyond-all-that/ |title=Beyond All That: Alice Wingwall, Suzan Friedland and Lis Gladstone Present An Exciting New Exhibit |website=gualalaarts.org |publisher=Gualala Arts Center |access-date=November 14, 2025}}]
==Personal life==
Wingwall was married to architect [Donlyn Lyndon](/source/Donlyn_Lyndon) in 1963; they had three children.[{{cite web|title=Donlyn Lyndon, Last Surviving Creator of the Sea Ranch, Dies at 90|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/arts/design/donlyn-lyndon-dead.html|last=Green|first=Penelope|date=May 5, 2026|publisher=The New York Times|access-date=May 5, 2026}}] She died on February 13, 2026.