Clarence Hudson White

by IAN CANO, MORGAN HILL, ADRIAN CASTANEDA

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Clarence H White

Birth and early life

Born in Newark, Ohio on April 8th, 1871, Clarence worked as a bookkeeper for his father’s grocery business in his youth.

Introduction to art

His first photograph was on his honeymoon in 1893. Soon after, in 1896, he had his first exhibited work. White founded the Newark Camera Club, met popular photographers such as F. Holland Day and Alfred Stieglitz, and was elected an honorary member of the New York Camera Club in 1899.

 

Personal art style

  • Pictorial Photography

  • an approach to photography that emphasizes beauty of subject matter, tonality, and composition rather than the documentation of reality.

Pictorialism

Death

  • Died on July 7, 1925
  • White died of a sudden Heart attack on a trip to Mexico City, Mexico

Photos

the mirror (1812)

This image has a very dramatic tone, caused by the open window casting shadows across the subject. This image is typical of pictorialism in that there is a soft focus and an abundance of dark tones.

morning (1908)

Analysis

Blind man's buff (1898)

Analysis

The watcher (1906)

  • It relates to Pictorialism because of the dark brownish colors and it emphasizes the subject in the center of the frame holding a crystal ball

The web (1899)

Analysis

evening-interior (1899)

Analysis

Works cited

  • http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/
  • Bullet Two
  • Bullet Three

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