About This Stamp
In 2002 the U.S. Postal Service issued the Masters of American Photography stamp pane, which honors 20 of our country’s most important and influential photographers and includes examples of portrait, documentary, landscape, and fine art photography. Many of the major themes and events in U.S. history — immigration, the Great Depression, World War II — are captured in these compelling images. Arranged in chronological order, they also offer a visual sampling of the history and development of photography in the United States.
Art Director & Designer
Derry Noyes
For more than 40 years Derry Noyes has designed and provided art direction for close to 800 United States postage stamps and stamp products. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Hampshire College and a master of fine arts degree from Yale University.
Noyes worked as a graphics designer at Beveridge and Associates, a Washington, D.C., firm, until 1979 when she established her own design firm, Derry Noyes Graphics. Her clients have included museums, corporations, foundations, and architectural and educational institutions. Her work has been honored by American Illustration, the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, Communication Arts, Critique magazine, Graphis, Creativity International, and the Society of Illustrators.
Before becoming an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, she served as a member of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee from 1981 to 1983.
Noyes is a resident of Washington, D.C.