(April 24, 1943 – January 1, 2012)
was an American Photographer who lived for many years in France, w/ her husband, painter and critic Bruce Boice. She was born in New Jersey and died in 2012 at France. Groover received a BFA degree in 1965 from Pratt Institute, and a MA in 1970 from Ohio State University.
Groover creates formalist still lifes.
"In 1978 an exhibition of her dramatic still-life photographs
of objects in her kitchen sink caused a sensation.
When one appeared on the cover of Artforum magazine,
it was a signal that photography had arrived in the art world –
Complete with a marketplace to support it.” -New York Times




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