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Emma Justine Farnsworth

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Emma Justine Farnsworth
Born(1860-11-16)November 16, 1860
New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 23, 1952(1952-01-23) (aged 91)
Albany, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forPhotography

Emma Justine Farnsworth (October 16, 1860–January 23, 1952)[1] was an American photographer from Albany, New York known for her pictorialist photogravures and scenes illustrating children's literature.[1]

Biography

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Born in New York, Farnsworth was the daughter of Civil War general, Jonathan Gosman Farnsworth, and Sara Visscher Gourlay.[2][3]

Career

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Farnsworth had training in the arts.[4] After receiving her first camera as a gift in 1890, she began photographing seriously within a few months. She joined the Society of Amateur Photographers in New York City since the local amateur groups in Albany did not allow women as members.[5]

As a member of The Camera Club of New York,[4] Farnsworth's photographs were featured in In Arcadia (1892),[6] a book of figure studies accompanied by Classical verse, published by another member, George M. Allen.[7] Her photographs were exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893). Before the end of the decade, she had been awarded almost 30 medals at various exhibitions in the world, and her work appeared frequently in the noted periodical Camera Notes, the journal of the Camera Club of New York, edited primarily by Alfred Stieglitz.[7]

Her photographs were displayed in 1893 at the Sixth Joint Annual Exhibition (which presented work by 187 photographers from New York, Boston, and Philadelphia) at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In a review of the exhibition from the American Amateur Photographer, Stieglitz remarked that Farnsworth was one of only a few American photographers who received a medal for her submissions.[8] He regarded them highly, writing that "Every one of her pictures is full of life and artistic quality, bold in conception and execution."[9] Stieglitz further characterized Farnsworth's photos as "unaffected and full of individuality."[10] Her work was included in the Paris Exposition (1900).[11] Her specialties were genre and figure studies, especially children and animals.[12] She exhibited internationally, and was included in the show, American Women Photographers, organized by Frances Benjamin Johnston, and presented at the Paris Exposition in 1900. She died in Albany, New York on January 23, 1952, aged 92.[citation needed]

"My work is generally in the open air, with having to go miles sometimes for the proper backgrounds, wind, time of day and sun—all to be considered—and the right model."[13]

  • To a Greek Girl
    To a Greek Girl
  • At Dusk
    At Dusk
  • Diana
    Diana

References

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  1. ^ a b Peterson, Christian. "Emma J. Farnsworth". Luminous-Lint. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Miss Emma Justine Farnsworth" Ancestry.com. Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
  3. ^ "EMMA JUSTINE FARNSWORTH". New York Herald Tribune. January 25, 1952. p. 12. ProQuest 1322196612.
  4. ^ a b Rosenblum, Naomi (May 25, 2010). A History of Women Photographers. Abbeville Press Publishers. p. 339. ISBN 9780789209986. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  5. ^ Brown, Julie K. (1994). Contesting images : photography and the World's Columbian Exposition. Tucson, NM: University of Arizona Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780816513826.
  6. ^ Farnsworth, Emma Justine (1892). In Arcadia. New York: G.M. Allen Co.
  7. ^ a b Naomi, Rosenblum (2000). A history of women photographers (Second edition, updated and expanded ed.). New York: Abbeville Press. p. 321. ISBN 0789206587. OCLC 43729073.
  8. ^ Stieglitz, Alfred (2005). Stieglitz on Photography: His Selected Essays and Notes. Aperture. p. 43. ISBN 9780893818043.
  9. ^ Stieglitz, Alfred (2005). Stieglitz on Photography: His Selected Essays and Notes. Aperture. p. 43. ISBN 9780893818043.
  10. ^ Brown, Julie K. (1994). Contesting images : photography and the World's Columbian Exposition. Tucson, NM: University of Arizona Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780816513826.
  11. ^ Panzer, Mary; Rudolf Eickemeyer (1986). In My Studio: Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. and the Art of the Camera, 1885-1930. Hudson River Museum. pp. 106–. GGKEY:8G5HT5AEA8R. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  12. ^ The Cosmopolitan (Public domain ed.). Schlicht & Field. 1893. pp. 585–. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  13. ^ The American Amateur Photographer (Public domain ed.). The Outing Co. 1899. pp. 119–. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
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