National Photography Month~ Day 12

Portrait by Belle Johnson

From the book The American Annual of Photography, 1917

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By 1914, Johnson had won over 30 gold and silver medals in various photographic competitions. She was a member of the Missouri delegation at the PAA’s Milwaukee convention in 1920, and three of her photos were displayed at the PAA’S 1930 convention. ~Wikipedia

National Photography Month~ Day 11

Yokohama Woman and Baby by Helen Messinger Murdoch

c.1913 / Autochrome / Royal Photographic Society Collection / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

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Murdoch decided to embark on a round the world tour, notably the first woman photographer to make such a journey, photographing on both autochrome plates and black and white negatives.
~Luminous-Lint

National Photography Month~ Day 10

A Little Lunch by Helen Plummer Gatch

From the book The Modern Way in Picture Making: published as an aid to the amateur photographer
Eastman Kodak Company, 1905

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Gatch made her mark at the local, regional, and national levels with winning contest entries and acceptance of her work into salons at San Francisco and Philadelphia. She joined the Salon Club (which opposed the Photo-Secessionists) and was involved in the organization of the Federation of American Photographic Societies in 1904. ~http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/

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