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Gwen Akin
Born1950 (age 74–75)
OccupationAmerican photographer.

Gwen Akin (born 1950) is an American photographer.

Akin is known for her work photographing 19th century medical specimens that were shot at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. The photographic series were printed using a platinum print process, that gave the morbid specimens of body parts and medical abnormalities a "romantic beauty".[1][2] The series was created in collaboration with her former husband, Allan Ludwig.[3]

Akin's work has been exhibited at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art,[4][5] the New Museum of Contemporary Art,[6] the New Mexico Museum of Art,[7] White Columns,[8] among other venues.

Her work is included in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[9] the Harry Ransom Center,[10] the Center for Creative Photography,[11] and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Heartney, Eleanor (1 June 2003). "ART/ARCHITECTURE; Is the Body More Beautiful When It's Dead?". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  2. ^ Friederici, Peter (26 January 1986). "On the Cusp of Science and Art". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ Longman, Jeré (19 December 2025). "Allan Ludwig, 'Founding Father' of Gravestone Studies, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Exhibiting Artist Index". Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Pictures Show Women's Journey". Chicago Tribune. 9 February 1997. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Gwen Akin". New Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Gwen Akin, American, born 1970". New Mexico Museum of Art. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  8. ^ "White Room: Gwen Akin and Allan Ludwig". White Columns. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Gwen Akin | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org.
  10. ^ "Photography Collections Database". norman.hrc.utexas.edu.
  11. ^ "Gwen Akin". ccp-emuseum.catnet.arizona.edu.
  12. ^ "Gwen Akin Fetus No. 3". mfah.org.
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