Sibyl Anikeef (née Marie Augusta Phillipson; March 29, 1896 – July 27, 1997) was an American photographer.
She is best known for her portrayal of the Monterey Peninsula and portraits of fisherman, still lives, and landscapes.
[1] Her mother died in 1905, and she and her siblings were raised by her maternal grandparents Wesley and Marie Brainerd in Lomaland, a theosophical community in Point Loma, San Diego, California.
[1] Their maternal grandmother's brother Lyman Judson Gage moved to Lomaland and took care of the children after their grandparents died.
[1] On October 21, 1921, she married her first husband in New York City, Vasile Anikeef (or alternate spelling Anikeyev) an opera singer from Russia.