Background
Ellen Valworth Foscue-Johnson was born in 1938 in High Point, North Carolina, United States.
Ellen Valworth Foscue-Johnson was born in 1938 in High Point, North Carolina, United States.
Foscue-Johnson earned her BA magna cum laude from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, in 1960. She received her MA in 1964 from Columbia University, New York City, majoring in English and comparative literature.
A freelance photographer, she also has given workshops or guest lectures on photography at the International Center of Photography, New York City; Peters Valley Craftsmen, Layton, New Jersey; Wellesley College, Massachusetts; and the University of Vermont, Burlington, among others.