Clarence Hudson White
Clarence Hudson White (born April 8, 1871 in West Carlisle , Ohio , † July 7, 1925 ) was an American photographer , photography teacher and founding member of the Photo Secession .
Life
His father was a salesman at the wholesale company Fleek & Neal, and White joined the company as an accountant after high school . In 1893 he married Jane Felix, with whom he had three children, including Clarence White Jr., who succeeded him as a photographer and photography teacher at Teachers College at Columbia University .
Clarence White was already engaged in art in his youth, but was not supported in this by his parents. After his wedding he started taking photos. He often prepared the recordings meticulously in his sketchbook using drawings and paintings. However, his low wages only allowed him to buy at most two photographic plates a week. Those portrayed often had to wait hours for the photo to be taken until the lighting conditions exactly matched his expectations. White primarily photographed women and children, and his favorite models included his wife's youngest sister, Letitia Felix.
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White was praised for expressing the character of those portrayed in his photographs.
Clarence H. White soon gained recognition for his photographic work. For example, he won the gold medal of the Ohio Photographer's Association in 1896 and took part in the photo exhibition of the Philadelphia Photographic Salon in 1898. Together with Alfred Stieglitz and others, he became one of the co-founders of the Photo Secession .
His full-time job as an accountant was becoming less and less compatible with the growing artistic demands. In 1906 he was able to quit this job and make a living as a photographer by moving to New York City . A year later he was appointed professor of photography at Columbia University .
Between 1903 and 1908, White was able to present 27 of his own works and four joint works with Stieglitz in the magazine Camera Work published by Alfred Stieglitz .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Jane Colbourne, Reba Fishman Snyder: Printed on Paper: The Techniques, History and Conservation of Printed Media . Arts and Social Sciences Academic Press 2009, p. 115
- ↑ Bruce Humphrey: Clarence H. White - from Newark to world fame . Newark Tea Party. 2006. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
- ↑ Article by Lori Oden: Clarence H. White: A Personal Vision in Pictorialism, first published on the International Photography Hall of Fame website, reproduced on the Newark Tea Party website, accessed October 16, 2011 ( Memento des original , Sept. July 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Photographers' Dictionary on the all art via White website, accessed October 16, 2011
- ^ Marianne Fulton-Margolis: Alfred Stieglitz. Camera work. A pictorial guide. With Reproductions of all 559 Illustrations & Plates. Fully indexed . Dover Publications, New York 1978, ISBN 0-486-23591-2 , p. 146.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | White, Clarence Hudson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | White, Clarence H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer and founding member of the Photo Secession |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Carlisle , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1925 |