Clarence Hudson White
by IAN CANO, MORGAN HILL, ADRIAN CASTANEDA
THERE ARE 6 HIDDEN IN THIS PRESENTATION
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
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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)
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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