National Photography Month~ Day 9

Gateway to the Inland Empire by Sarah Hall Ladd

1903/1905 / Platinum print / Image: 6 11/16″x9 1/2″ / Portland Art Museum, Oregon

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Sarah Hall Ladd joined the Oregon Camera Club in September 1899, and, by early 1901, a number of her works were on exhibition in San Francisco. In 1903, leading New York photographer Alfred Stieglitz formed Photo-Secession, a group of elite American photographers that never numbered more than 105 members, and both Sarah Hall Ladd and Lily White were included among the select membership. ~The Oregon History Project

National Photography Month~ Day 8

Sea Bright, Dade & Jean by Emma Justine Farnsworth

Between 1886 and 1912 / Platinum print / 6″x4 1/2″ / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, D.C.

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Farnsworth’s pictures were reproduced most frequently during the 1890s. They appeared in the American Amateur Photographer…Photographic Times…and Sun and Shade…They were included in two deluxe portfolios of photogravures, issued on the occasion of Berlin’s annual International Exhibition of Amateur Photography in 1896 and 1897. Two years later, the Camera Club of New York also featured one of her gravures in its portfolio American Pictorial Photography I. ~Luminous-Lint

National Photography Month~ Day 7

John Singer Sargent Drawing Ethel Barrymore by Sarah Choate Sears

About 1890 / Toned gelatin silver print / 9 15/16″x7 3/8″ / The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

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Sarah Sears was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, into a prominent Boston family. Trained as a painter, she received prizes for her watercolors…She began taking photographs in the 1890s, and pursued a photographic career between 1900 and 1909. ~icp.org

National Photography Month~ Day 6

Charcoal Effect by Mary Devens

c.1900 / Photogravure / 11″x8″ / Various collections including Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN

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In July 1902, Camera Notes, the periodical [Alfred Stieglitz] edited, ran a photogravure of her image Charcoal Effect…Stieglitz invited Devens to become a member of his elite group, the Photo-Secession, and included her work in its first show at New York’s National Arts Club in 1902. ~Luminous-Lint

National Pet Month~ Day 6

The King of Arms of the Order of the Golden Fleece Writing about Jacques de Lalaing
by Simon Bening

c.1530 / Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink
14 5/16″x10 5/16″ / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

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An Artist’s Pet Dog Photobombs the Middle Ages~
https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/an-artists-pet-dog-photobombs-the-middle-ages/

National Photography Month~ Day 5

Annetje by Rose Clark and Elizabeth Flint Wade

1898 / Platinum print / 8″x5″ / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, D.C.

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Rose Clark (1852–1942) and Elizabeth Flint Wade (1849–1915) were late 19th-century/early 20th-century American photographers. They are best known for the photographs they exhibited under their joint names, either as “Rose Clark and Elizabeth Flint Wade” or as “Misses Clark and Wade”.
~Wikipedia