{{Short description|American photographer (born 1946)}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Virginia Beahan | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- use the image's pagename; do not include the "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and do not use brackets--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}}<ref name="HAM" /> | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | baptised = <!-- will not display if birth_date is entered --> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | nationality = | education = | alma_mater = Tyler School of Art | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | parents = | father = | mother = | relatives = | family = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|virginiabeahan.com/}} | module = }}
'''Virginia Beahan''' (born 1946) is an American photographer.
Beahan is known for her large format photography<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Michael |date=2017-06-08 |title=A Painting? Bruce Berman Prefers Photographs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/arts/design/a-painting-bruce-berman-prefers-photographs.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,<ref name="SAAM">{{cite web |title=Virginia Beahan {{!}} Smithsonian American Art Museum |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/virginia-beahan-29552 |website=americanart.si.edu}}</ref> the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego,<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginia Beahan |url=https://www.mcasd.org/artists/virginia-beahan |website=Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego |language=en |date=6 April 2015 |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124013748/https://www.mcasd.org/artists/virginia-beahan |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Harvard Art Museums<ref name="HAM">{{cite web |title=From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Rooftop Garden, East Village, New York |url=https://harvardartmuseums.org/art/155315 |website=harvardartmuseums.org |language=en}}</ref> and the Getty Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Randy's Kitchen, Seattle, Washington (Getty Museum) |url=http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/247077/virginia-beahan-and-laura-mcphee-randy's-kitchen-seattle-washington-american-2000/ |website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tobacco Barn, Vinales Valley, Cuba (Getty Museum) |url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/331977/virginia-beahan-tobacco-barn-vinales-valley-cuba-american-2005/ |website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles |language=en}}</ref>
She is a senior lecturer at Dartmouth College.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-12 |title=Seeing Beauty Everywhere {{!}} In the Green Room |url=https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2011/09/11/seeing-beauty-everywhere/personalities/in-the-green-room/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Zócalo Public Square |language=en-US}}</ref>
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