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Josef Muench (1904 to 1998) Josef Muench was born in Bavaria February 8, 1904. At the age of 11 he received his first camera and began a lifelong interest in capturing nature on film. He arrived in the United States with his brother in 1926 and eventually he settled in Santa Barbara, California. In the 1930s, Muench began his long association with Arizona Highways Magazine. Josef Muench died in 1998. Information courtesy of Cowan’s [...] Click here to continue reading. Marcus Mote Marcus Mote (1817 to 1898) was born to a well established Ohio Quaker family, though he broke with tradition by eloping with Rhoda Steddon, which earned the couple a temporary banishment from the meeting. Mote did not follow the cabinetmaking path of his father, turning his attention, instead, to painting. He earned his living largely as a portrait painter (and later a photographer), though like many late nineteenth century artists, became transfixed [...] Click here to continue reading. Carl Everton Moon (1879-1948) An Ohioan by birth, Carl Moon apprenticed for six years, learning the art of photography working for various studios in Cincinnati, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia. He opened his own photographic studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico in about 1903. After struggling for several years, a chance meeting with the publisher John Adams Thayer, provided him with an entre into the New York publishing scene. His sensitively posed photographs of Southwestern [...] Click here to continue reading. Man Ray (American 1890 to 1976) Man Ray, born August 27, 1890, was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. Best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, Man Ray produced major works in a variety of medias and considered himself [...] Click here to continue reading. L.A. Huffman (1854 to 1931) Laton Alton Huffman opened his first photographic studio in December 1878 at the military post of Fort Keogh, Montana Territory where he made portraits of the soldiers, Indians and cowboys near the fort, and buffaloes. Venturing beyond, he photographed the Custer battlefield site. He moved his studio to Miles City but the economic depression of 1890 destroyed business and he closed shop traveling to California, Chicago. In 1896 he [...] Click here to continue reading. Henry James Johnstone (British, 1835 to 1907) Henry Johnstone was born in Birmingham, England but spent much of his life in Australia and from 1877 to the 1890s lived in San Francisco. He was also a portrait photographer and was a partner in Johnstone, O’Shaughnessy and Company in Melbourne. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Charles R. Higgins The son of a photographer, Higgins learned his craft as an apprentice to his father’s business in Bath, Maine. Eventually he would take over the business, which, at its peak, employed approximately ten people. Higgins’s hand-colored photos were created in a style similar to those of Wallace Nutting, who was the market leader in tinted photography in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Many Higgins photos are depictions of nature [...] Click here to continue reading. Gutta Percha Gutta percha is defined as a tough plastic substance made from the latex of several Malaysian trees (generally Payena and Palaquium) of the sapodilla family that resembles rubber but contains more resin, and is used especially as insulation and in dentistry. Robert Frank (born 1924) Robert Frank was born in Zurich Switzerland, in 1924, to Jewish parents. As Frank grew to adulthood during World War II, he began his formal training in photography with a staid, old view camera, eventually using a 35mm range finder. Frank moved to New York in 1947 to study under the famed editor Alexey Brodovitch, who encouraged him to take fashion photographs. Frank quickly found himself drawn to documentary subjects [...] Click here to continue reading. N.A. Forsyth, Western Photographer Norman A. Forsyth (1869 to 1949), a native of New York, was one of the better-known stereoview photographers of the early 20th century. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree, he began work in Yellowstone National Park in the 1880s, driving a stagecoach and providing tours to visitors. During the next six summers in the park, he also supplemented his income by selling his stereoviews to tourists. In the off-season, [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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