Background
Phiz Mezey was born on August 25, 1925, in New York City, New York, United States.
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In 1971 Phiz received a Master of Arts degree from San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California, United States.
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In 1948 Phiz received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Since 1978 Phiz is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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Phiz Mezey was born on August 25, 1925, in New York City, New York, United States.
In 1948 Phiz received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, United States. In 1971 she received a Master of Arts degree from San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California, United States.
From 1944 to 1946 Phiz worked as an editor and writer in the Office of War Information Overseas Bureau. Also, she was a freelance writer and photographer for the next twenty-five years. In 1973 she became a photography instructor at San Francisco City College in San Francisco, California, United States. She held this position until 1978. Phiz worked as a a media specialist for the Sausalito Teacher Education Project in California, United states, from 1966 to 1969.
Phiz is a professor of educational technology at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California, United States. She was a contributing editor of Darkroom Photography Magazine, since 1978.
Articles by Phiz have appeared in such publications as The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Times and Aperture. Mezey began as a photo essayist and currently concentrates on portraits. Using small format, she works in an informal style, focusing on the communication between photographer and subject.