Esther Parada
American photographer
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Early life and education
Parada received a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history, literature, and history from Swarthmore College in 1960.[1][4] In 1971, she began studies at the Chicago Institute of Design.[1]
Career
In the mid-1960s, Parada went to Bolivia as a Peace Corps volunteer.[1][5] The photographs she took there became a significant part of her work.[2]
From 1974 to 2005, she was a professor of photography at the University of Illinois Chicago's School of Art and Design.[2]
Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston,[3] the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[6] the Yale University Art Gallery,[7] and the Art Institute of Chicago.[8]
