Inge Morath - Honors and Legacy

Honors and Legacy

  • 2003, her family established the Inge Morath Foundation to preserve and share her legacy.
  • 2002, members of Magnum Photos established the Inge Morath Award in honor of their colleague as an annual award. It is administered by the Inge Morath Foundation, and is given to a woman photographer under the age of 30, to support her work towards the completion of a long-term project.
  • 1992 Great Austrian State Prize for Photography.
  • 1984 Doctor Honoris Causa Fine Arts, University of Connecticut, Hartford, USA.
  • 1983 State of Michigan Senate Resolution NO 295; Tribute to Inge Morath.

Read more about this topic:  Inge Morath

Famous quotes containing the words honors and, honors and/or legacy:

    “My heart’s subdued
    Even to the very quality of my lord.
    I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
    And to his honors and his valiant parts
    Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

    “What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)