Restoring a gifted art photographer to his place in the American canon and, in the process, reshaping and expanding our understanding of early 20th-century American photography Clarence H. White (1871–1925) was one of the most influential art photographers and teachers of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Photo-Secession. This beautiful publication offers a new appraisal of White’s contributions, including his groundbreaking aesthetic experiments, his commitment to the ideals of American socialism, and his embrace of the expanding fields of photographic book and fashion illustration, celebrity portraiture, and advertising. Based on extensive archival research, the book challenges the idea of an abrupt rupture between prewar, soft-focus idealizing photography and postwar “modernism” to paint a more nuanced picture of American culture in the Progressive era. Clarence H. White and His World begins with the artist’s early work in Ohio, which shares with the nascent Arts and Crafts movement the advocacy of hand production, closeness to nature, and the simple life. White’s involvement with the Photo-Secession and his move to New York in 1906 mark a shift in his production, as it grew to encompass commercial portraiture and an increasing commitment to teaching, which ultimately led him to establish the first institutions in America to combine instruction in both technical and aesthetic aspects of photography.The book also incorporates new formal and scientific analysis of White’s work and techniques, a complete exhibition record, and many unpublished illustrations of the moody outdoor scenes and quiet images of domestic life for which he was revered.

Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895–1925

Arts & Photography

McCauley, Anne

Graphic Design

Princeton University Art Museum

A companion to an exhibition of 71 outstanding photographs acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1853 and 1900, encompassing early documentary photographs taken at and by the museum, photos taken around the world to document non-English design, and images of London buildings in danger of being lost to urban expansion. The work of two art photographers of the time, Julia Margaret Cameron and Gustave Le Gray, is highlighted. Essays on collecting photography at the museum and the entry of photographs into public museums in the 19th century provide a context for high-quality, sepia-toned images. Includes a checklist of the exhibition. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Museum & the Photograph: Collecting Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum 1853-1900

HAWORTH-BOOTH, Mark

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Victoria And Albert Museum

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Univ of Washington Pr

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