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National Native American Heritage Month~ November 10

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“Starsh” Thlinket Indian of Saxman, Alaska
by Benjamin Alfred Haldane

[B.A. Haldane’s] formal schooling was cut short when after completing the third grade he was told by [lay missionary William] Duncan that “there was nothing more for him to learn.” Undiscouraged, he continued his education on his own by purchasing books with the wages from the salmon cannery. He trained himself in both photography and music, mastering the piano, pipe organ, cornet, trombone, and violin in addition to composing orchestral music and translating ancient Tsimshian songs to sheet music. [i]

1897 / Photograph / Dimensions not available
Sir Henry Wellcome Collection, National Archives at Seattle, WA

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[i] Passalacqua, Veronica L. 2023. “Benjamin Alfred Haldane, Frederic Ridley, Metlakahtla, Alaska. Carpenter Who Built the Girl’s Home.” Ucdavis.Edu, January 5, 2023. https://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu/collection-piece/benjamin-alfred-haldane-frederic-ridley-metlakahtla-alaska-carpenter-who-built

National Arts and Humanities Month~ October 28

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Lee Krasner, Springs, New York by Irving Penn

1972 / Gelatin silver print / Paper: 9 15/16″x8 1/16″ / ©The Irving Penn Foundation
From the exhibition “PROOF: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet”

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CONTACT SHEET: After a roll of film was developed, the negatives were cut into strips and printed by contact. The 36 exposures of a roll of 35 mm film or the 12 exposures of 2¼ inch film fit comfortably on an 8 x 10 inch sheet of paper. With an 8 x 10 inch enlarger, the same array of negatives could produce a so-called enlarged contact, often measuring 16 x 20 or 20 x 24 inches.
~ https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/proof-photography-era-contact-sheet-collection-mark-schwartz-and-bettina-katz