Flight of Spirit

Anne Noggle (1922-2005) served as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot during World War II and was captain in the US Air Force from 1953-59. Noggle's interest in photography began at the age of 38 while studying art at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She later taught art and art history at the university as adjunct professor and curated photography exhibitions. She was the first photography curator at the New Mexico Museum of Art (formerly Museum of Fine Arts) in Santa Fe (1970-76). Noggle received international recognition and numerous awards for her own photographic work, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Her photography, including self-portraiture--often humorous and bizarre--focused on the aging process in women. Noggle died in Albuquerque at the age of 83.