American photographer Anne Noggle (1922-2005) first served in the Air Force as a service pilot and then as a captain before beginning her artistic career at age 43. Noggle studied art and art history at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and although she was an insightful art historian, she was most drawn to becoming a photographer stating that her discovery of photography "...was the first time since I'd been grounded that I felt the same excitement that flying always gave me."

Noggle's photographs consistently challenge the stereotypes and standard mythologies of women. Her portraits, both of herself and others speak directly to issues of self, identity, and the female body. Her self-portraits, which she calls "sagas of fallen flesh," look unabashedly at aging, a process all of Noggle's photographs handle with humor, honesty, and respect.