April 04, 2001

Former White House Photographer To Visit WKU April 19

Bowling Green, Ky. - Sharon Farmer, former director of the White House Photography Office, will speak at Western Kentucky University on April 19.

Farmer served as director of White House photography from 1999 to January 2001 and began her work as a photographer for the Clinton administration in 1993. She will speak at 7 p.m. April 19 at Grise Hall auditorium.

Farmer has been a professional photojournalist and exhibition photographer for more than 25 years. Her photos have appeared in numerous books and exhibits.

She has taught and lectured at American University, the Smithsonian Institution, Mount Vernon College, National Geographic Society, Eddie Adams Workshop, Women in Photojournalism Conference and National Association of Black Journalists.

Farmer's visit is sponsored by the WKU School of Journalism and Broadcasting.

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