PetaPixel: Museum Receives Thousands of Images by One of America’s Earliest Female Photographers. “The home-turned-museum of Alice Austen, one of America’s earliest and most prolific female photographers, will receive thousands of her original images and negatives. The Alice Austen House Museum (AAH) announced the repatriation of a near-complete archive of works by pioneering American […]

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Museum Receives Thousands of Images by One of America’s Earliest Female Photographers

Alice Austen is famed for her intimate portraits of women's lives in the Victorian era.

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@Natasha_Jay Definitely earlier!

Alice Austen began taking photographs, including photos of herself, in the 1890s.

"Alice often took photographs of herself alone and in groups. This required her to compose an image under the focusing cloth and then move in front of the camera, releasing the shutter by squeezing a bulb attached to a rubber tube."

#Photography #AliceAusten #Selfies

https://www.gothamcenter.org/exhibits/alice-austen/the-art-and-craft-of-photography

Alice Austen: The Art and Craft of Photography — The Gotham Center for New York City History

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Alice Austen Captured the Streets of New York’s Gilded Age

No one knows what future people will make of our lives. As they look back, they will draw judgements based on second-hand accounts. Photographs, through what we choose to frame with a lens, give one…

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