American photographer and museum director James Enyeart worked as Curator of Photography at the Spencer Museum of Art, the University of Kansas in the late 1960s. He then served as Director of the Center for Creative Photography, the University of Arizona and as Director of George Eastman House between 1989 and 1995. Enyeart has received numerous awards including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. His photographic work is represented in significant public and private collections.