Clarence H. White and his world
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abstract: 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. -- Exhibition: Princeton University Art Museum, USA (07.10.2017-07.01.2018) / Davis Museum, Wellesley, USA (07.02.-03.06.2018) / Portland Museum of Art, USA (30.06.-16.09.2018) / Cleveland Museum of Art, USA (21.10.2018-21.01.2019).
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31017128
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31122492
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31126522
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31191777
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31192484
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31071580
language: eng
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301271863

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