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Clarence White

American, 1871-1925


Clarence White Photography

Clarence Hudson White was an American photographer and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement. During his lifetime he was widely recognized as a master of the art form for his consummate sentimental, pictorial portraits and for his excellence as a teacher of photography. Toward the end of his career he founded the Clarence H. White School of Photography, which produced many of the best-known photographers of the Twentieth century including Margaret Bourke-White, Ralph Steiner, Dorothea Lange, and Paul Outerbridge.


Bibliography:

  • Lucinda Barnes, A Collective Vision: Clarence H. White and His Students Margret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Laura Gilpin, Dorothea Lange, Paul Outerbridge, Ralph Steiner, Karl Struss, Doris Ulmann, Long Beach: University Art Museum, California State University, 1985.
  • Peter C. Bunnell, Clarence H. White: The Reverence for Beauty, Athens, OH: Ohio University Gallery of Fine Art, 1986.
  • Jon Nelson, Jerald Maddox, Photographs of Clarence H. White, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska, , 1968.
  • Weston J. Naef, The Collection Of Alfred Stieglitz: Fifty Pioneers Of Modern Photography, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1978.
  • Maynard P. White, Clarence H. White, New York: Aperture, 1979.
  • Charles L. Wyrick, Jr., Maynard White, William Innes Homer, Cathleen Branciaroli, Clarence H. White: Symbolism of Light, Newark, DE: University of Delaware, 1977.

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