Melinda Camber Porter Artist

Melinda Camber Porter (18 September 1953 – 9 October 2008) was an artist, author, poet, journalist and filmmaker. Porter was a modernist who worked in oils, watercolor and ink. She was known for combining the mediums of film, painting and writing.Her works have been shown at The School of Visual Arts in New York, Oxford University, the Embassy of France, La Maison Francaise and Lincoln Center's Clark Theatre. Her paintings, poetry and films have been critically well received. Porter was modest and kept a low profile, preferring to focus on her family and art.As a journalist, Porter interviewed renowned writers, artists and filmmakers of the past several decades for The Times. Several of her interview subjects became lifelong friends, including filmmakers Louis Malle and Wim Wenders.

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Birth dateSeptember 18, 1953
Birth place
London
Nationality
United Kingdom
Date of deathOctober 09, 2008
Place of death
Sag Harbor New York

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Modernism

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