Frances Benjamin Johnston - Tuckahoe, Goochland County, Virginia
Zusammenfassung
Title from photographer's inventory.
Building/structure dates: ca. 1712.
Related names: Mrs. N. Addison Baker.
Built by Thomas Randolph. Small outbuilding in yard where Thos. Jefferson went to school. Frame with brick ends.
Original Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South neg. no. is VA-1830. Library has no record of having this negative.
No corresponding reference print found in LOT 11841-38.
Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Frances Benjamin Johnston estate; 1953.
General information about the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (Library of Congress).
Der renommierte Architekturfotograf Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) schuf eine Sammlung früher amerikanischer Gebäude und Gärten namens Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (CSAS). Diese hauptsächlich in den 1930er Jahren entstandene Sammlung umfasst mehr als 7.100 Bilder, die schätzungsweise 1.700 Strukturen und Orte in ländlichen und städtischen Gebieten von Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama und Louisiana sowie in geringerem Maße Florida, Mississippi und West Virginia zeigen. Johnstons Interesse sowohl an volkstümlichen als auch an hochwertigen Bauten führte zu anschaulichen Darstellungen der Außen- und Innenräume von Häusern, Mühlen und Kirchen sowie Villen, Plantagen und Nebengebäuden. Die Umfrage begann mit einem privat finanzierten Projekt zur Dokumentation des Chatham-Anwesens und der nahe gelegenen Orte Fredericksburg und Old Falmouth, Virginia, in den Jahren 1927-29. Johnston widmete sich dann einem größeren Projekt, das dazu beitragen sollte, historische Gebäude zu erhalten und das Interesse an der amerikanischen Architekturgeschichte zu wecken. Die Carnegie Corporation wurde ihr wichtigster finanzieller Förderer und stellte in den 1930er Jahren sechs Zuwendungen zur Verfügung, unter der Bedingung, dass die Negative bei der Library of Congress hinterlegt werden. Die Bibliothek erwarb die CSAS-Negative 1953 formell aus ihrem Nachlass, zusammen mit ihren umfangreichen Nachlässen und etwa 20.000 weiteren Fotografien.
Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) was an American photographer who is best known for her pioneering work in the field of architectural and landscape photography. She was born in Grafton, West Virginia, and after studying art and photography in Paris, she returned to the United States and established herself as a successful photographer. Johnston's work focused primarily on architecture, and she photographed many of the most significant buildings and structures of her time. She also photographed landscapes, gardens, and people, and her work often appeared in magazines such as House Beautiful, Ladies' Home Journal, and Country Life. One of Johnston's most notable projects was her documentation of historic architecture in the American South. In 1933, she was commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation to photograph historic homes and buildings in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. This work resulted in a series of photographs that are now housed in the Library of Congress. Throughout her career, Johnston was also an advocate for women in photography, and she worked to promote the work of other women photographers. She was a founding member of the Women's Professional Photographers' Association and the Photo-Secession, a group of photographers who sought to elevate photography as an art form.
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