Born in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1943, Jan Groover is an American photographer who currently works and resides in Montpon-Menesterol, France. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. She went on to receive a Master of Fine Arts in Art Education from Ohio State University. It wasn't until after she began her career as an educator in the late 1970's that Groover took up photography. Her first works were color diptychs and triptychs depicting vehicles in motion.
Groover's strictly formalistic approach to photography has a heavy focus on color. She is considered some what of a pioneer in the use of emerging color technologies. Her formalism also emphasizes shapes, lines, and textures which add interest to her relatively simple subjects which often include kitchen utensils. Within her photographs it is often difficult to distinguish between foreground, middle ground, and background. She stresses that the objects themselves have no particular meaning, but that the composition as a whole provokes interest. She usually relies on artificial lighting, sharpening techniques, and close framing.
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