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Zaida Ben-Yusuf (November 21, 1869 – September 27, 1933) was an American portrait photographer based in New York. [1] She was known for her artistic portraits of wealthy, fashionable, and famous Americans during the turn of the 19th–20th century.
Klein, Mason and Evans, Catherine: "The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936–1951". The Jewish Museum and Yale University Press, 2011; Maddow, Ben: "Faces: A Narrative History of the Portrait in Photography". New York Graphic Society, Little Brown, 1977; Newhall, Nancy Wynne: This Is the Photo League, The Photo League, 1948.
The portrait's most treasured quality was that it was an exactly corresponding record of what had existed in front of the lens. [2] In addition to the private aspect of portraiture, there was a public one. Portrait galleries sprang up in urban centers around the country, and the aspiring middle class would go to view the portraits on display. [2]
Bierstadt learned about color photography from Joseph Albert . In November 1877, Bierstadt exhibited three color Albertype prints at the American Institute in New York City. [7] In 1894, his work in color photography gained attention when he exhibited prints of oil and watercolor paintings, portraits, floral studies, and other subjects.
The New York Press Photographers Association is an association of photojournalists who work for news organizations in the print and electronic media based within a seventy-five mile radius of Manhattan. The organization was founded in 1913 and has over 250 active members.
Photographer of the American Civil War Mathew B. Brady was a journeyman in the firm that made the cases for Gurney's shop, and was inspired to enter photography by Gurney's success, starting up a rival firm. [1] One of the things Gurney is best known for is having taken the only known photograph of Abraham Lincoln in death. [4] [5] [6]
Three Lions Inc. was an American photo agency founded in 1937 by its president Max Georg Löwenherz (May 28, 1909 – September 13, 2003), and which by the 1980s held offices in Fifth Avenue, [1] [2] then at East 32nd St.
José María Mora (September 2, 1847 – October 18, 1926) was a Cuban-American portrait photographer active in New York City during the 1870s and 1880s.