Noxema: 101 Year Old Woman
Maker
Moss, Jean
American, 1945-2003
Date1994
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number1996:103
About the ArtistJean Moss attended the University of Wisconsin and began pursuing photography after graduating, turning down a Fulbright Fellowship in order to study with Ansel Adams. She subsequently worked as a stylist for television commercials for a number of years. Upon starting a career as a commercial photographer, she found early success in the 1980s with iconic advertising campaigns like Nike's "Best on Earth, Best on Mars" with Michael Jordan and Spike Lee. In the following years, she came to be known for her celebrity portraits, as well as her work in advertising, photographing professional athletes and movie stars. A number of her photographs have been featured on the cover of Esquire.
![The head of Florence’s Antiquarian Bookseller’s Association was her old friend, the renowned Lincoln scholar, Dan Weinberg. Four weeks before Florence died, Weinberg called to gingerly ask if Florence was well enough to be filmed for their organization’s archive. “Of course,” Florence said, and cheerily had her beloved care-giver Kalina Borissova dress her, put on her make-up and help her into my car for her last trip to Titles, Inc. [...]](/internal/media/dispatcher/4587/thumbnail)
