#Alice Boughton photography

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Monday's Photography Inspiration - Alice Boughton

Alice Boughton was a pioneering American photographer renowned for her portraits of literary and theatrical figures in the early 20th century. She played a significant role in elevating photography to a fine art form as a Fellow of Alfred Stieglitz‘s Photo-Secession, a group dedicated to this artistic mission. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1866, Alice was the daughter of Frances Ayres and…

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Alice Boughton (14 May 1866 – 21 June 1943) was an early 20th-century American photographer known for her photographs of many literary and theatrical figures of her time. She was a Fellow of Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession, a circle of photographers whose artistic efforts succeeded in raising photography to a fine art form. Via Wikipedia

"Dawn", by Alice Boughton. The photogravure was published in Camera Work, 1909

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Two Women Under a Tree, Alice Boughton, 1906

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Alice Boughton // Two women under a tree

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Alice Boughton (1866 – 1943) was an early 20th-century American photographer who was also active in Feminist and Socialist causes using photography as a form of personal expression. Boughton was a prominent member of the New Woman movement that emerged in the late 19th century. New Woman referred to independent women seeking changes to the status-quo that has been set by the patriarchy. They also sought independence via physical changes to their clothing and activities, such as playing sports previously considered inappropriate for women.

Boughton studied at the Pratt School of Art and Design in the 1880s, and opened her own portrait studio on East 23rd Street in New York in 1890. During her time, she became one of the most distinguished portrait photographers in New York.

Her platinum print on tissue entitled “Summer” has a soft and grainy texture with a sense of thick and hot air that we can almost feel. “Dawn” is a photogravure, which was published in the 1909 issue of Camera Work, Alfred Stieglitz's influential quarterly journal dedicated to establishing photography as a fine art. Boughton's photogravure images were highly regarded for their painterly qualities and artistic ambition. (From Pratt Institute’s website)

“Dawn” is a daring image of a female nude with her back to us, standing in a shallow pool of water as she faces a larger body of water. She holds a ball as if to throw it, but there is no one visible in the landscape to catch it.

Summer Author / Creator Boughton, Alice, 1865-1943, American [photographer] Platinum print on tissue ca.1907-1910 HOLLIS number: olvwork125837

Photographs from Camera Work no. 26 April 1909 Dawn  1909 HOLLIS Number : olvwork125836

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Roundup of new online guides to collections

We have been busy arranging and describing archival collections! Here are a few recently processed collections that now have online finding aids for your researching pleasure.

Roger Isaacs Collection of Bud Freeman Papers 

Lawrence “Bud” Freeman (b. April 13th, 1906, d. March 15th, 1991) was a jazz tenor saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois, who lived and played all over the world, including New York City, London, Paris, Chile, and Japan. Freeman was a leader of the “Chicago style” of jazz, inspired by musicians like Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Jimmie Noone, Bessie Smith, and Bix Beiderbecke as well as the New Orleans jazz scene.

Walter Baily Papers

Walter Lewis Baily Jr. (1930-2013) was a mathematician and professor at The University of Chicago. During his career, Baily made numerous contributions to algebraic geometry, the most important of which is known as the Baily-Borel Compactification. 

Noah S. Brannen Papers

Noah Samuel Brannen (1924- 2013) was an ordained minister, missionary, translator, and professor. The collection contains correspondence, notes, drafts, manuscripts, and publications pertaining to Brannen's translations of and writings on the works of various Japanese authors, especially Rinzo Shiina (a post-WWII Japanese Christian author).

Charles A. Bill Collection of Yousuf Karsh Photographs

This collection contains photographs by Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), collected by Charles Anton Bill. Yousuf Karsh, a Turkish and Canadian photographer, is best known for his portrait photographs of significant cultural and political figures. This collection contains Karsh's silver gelatin prints of Winston Churchill, Pope John XXIII, and John F. Kennedy. 

Karen Landahl Papers

Karen Landahl (1951-2003) was a linguist who taught at the University of Chicago, in the Department of Linguistics, from 1982 to 2003. She was one of the first people to show that children have different styles of acquiring language. At the University of Chicago she worked on the connections between phonetics, computers, and language learning. She was an early adopter of computers in her field. Landahl had a wide variety of other linguistic interests, including Crouzon and Apert syndromes, the study of linguistic "others" such as feral children, sign-language using chimps and humans without tongues or with cleft palates, and the origins of human language. Tragically, she was diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and her illness rendered her unable to speak. As a result, she moved from classroom teaching to spearhead a program in educational technology as Associate Dean for Computing and Language Technologies. Here she used her knowledge of speech perception and production to become a leader in the use of computers in language teaching. 

University of Chicago Language Laboratories and Archives Records

The Language Laboratories and Archives at the University of Chicago, and its current iteration, the Center for the Study of Language, provide language learning services and facilities for both faculty and students. This collection contains records of the various iterations of the lab, from 1952 to 2004. The collection may be of interest to those interested in the development of language technologies, or in the history of language learning at the University of Chicago.

Irene Tufts Mead Collection of Alice Boughton Photographs

The Irene Tufts Mead Collection contains five portrait photographs by Alice Boughton (1865-1943), a member of the Photo-Secession Movement. All of the images date to 1904. Subjects include George Herbert Mead and members of the Dewey family. George Herbert Mead was Irene Tufts Mead's father-in-law.

Roman Weil Collection of Boris Artzybasheff

This collection contains illustrations by the Russian-American artist Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) produced from 1929 to 1965, and collected by Roman Weil (b. 1940), an emeritus professor at the Booth School of Business. The material in the collection ranges from magazine covers, industrial advertisements, a map, large advertising poster prints, and a woodblock print.

Ruby K. Worner Papers

Ruby Kathryn Worner (1900-1995) was a chemist who specialized in the textile industry. Worner studied at the University of Chicago where she earned her Bachelor’s, Masters and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry (1921, 1922, and 1925). Worner was a Fulbright Scholar in Egypt, and worked for the United States Bureau of Home Economics as well as Southern Regional Laboratories, making numerous advancements in textile production.

Camp Farr Collection

Camp Farr was a fresh-air children's summer camp near Chesterton, Indiana, established by the University of Chicago Settlement League. The League was founded in 1895 as a philanthropic organization, and Shirley Farr, a University of Chicago alumna, donated $3000 in 1923 for the purchase of land that would become Camp Farr. The photo album that makes up this collection belonged to Alfred Kamm, the Director of Physical Education at the camp. The album contains images of camp grounds and facilities as well as group portraits of the campers. Photographs date from 1930 to 1931.

Images credits (Top to bottom):

1. Portrait of Bud Freeman and Marty Marsala, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., William P. Gottlieb collection at the Library of Congress. 

2. Walter Baily, UChicago News.

3. Yousuf Karsh, 1938. Library and Archives Canada 

4. Margot Browning, Paul Hunter, and Karen Landahl. The University of Chicago Chronicle, January 7, 1999.

5. UChicago Language Lab in 1982.

6. Evelyn Dewey, 1904. Alice Boughton Photograph Collection.

7. “He Brings Machines to Life,” Mechanix Illustrated, Oct, 1954.

8. Ruby K. Worner, Smithsonian Institution Archives. Image ID SIA2015-004747

9. Camp Farr building.

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Alice M. Boughton - Two Women Under a Tree, circa 1910

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Stunning vintage photography by Alice Boughton (1867–1943), Greek Play Scene, on the altar is inscribed the word ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗ (Aphrodite) #altar #venus #gardenofghosts

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Alice Boughton

Alice Boughton was born in 1865, in Brooklyn, NY. She became known for the portraits she made of theater figures, and also nudity’s. Her work during the 20′s was focused on showing the “New Woman,” which emerged after the WWI. Her images are intense, and they certainly convey a feeling of nostalgia. I personally think that their images are very realistic and more to the point. Boughton conveys an idea of beauty in a different way. The portraits she made are very sensitive, and although photography technology was starting at the time she worked, her art work shows professionalism, good lighting, and excellent compositions.

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Vintage Photography : Two Women Under a Tree photo by Alice M. Boughton, ~ 1910… http://ift.tt/2h8mlKm