Flight of Spirit
The Photographs of Anne Noggle

Anne Noggle (1922–2005) was a photographer, aviator, and trailblazer. After serving as a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during WWII, she became a crop duster and stunt pilot. By the 1960s, she studied photography, focusing her lens on her family, friends, and women pilots in the US and Russia. She explored the subject of women and aging, or “the saga of the fallen flesh.” Many of her self-portraits disrupt traditional views of aging women with her creation of alter-egos and personas. Blending humor, pathos, and irony, her images continue to challenge concepts of beauty.
The exhibition is curated by Martha Strawn, President of the Anne Noggle Foundation. 32 photographs will be displayed at Tryon Arts & Crafts School. 16 works will be displayed at Tryon Fine Arts Center.