History of Art: History of Photography

was an american photographer

gullahs of the sea islands

ethnographer's eye

gallery of american editors

julia peterkin. the art edition of roll

southern highlands. from 1927

gelatin plate negatives are the only known remaining ulmann

gelatin prints developed by lifshey. additional collections be found

doris ulmann

the people of appalachia made between

ulmann was a native of new york city

gertrude ulmann. educated in public school--at the ethical culture

fieldston school

individual worth regardless of ethnic background

condition--and columbia university

psychology. her interest in photography was at first a hobby

she devoted herself to the art professionally. she was a member of

the pictorial photographers of america. ulmann documented the rural people

the south

graduated from the clarence h. school of modern photography. other

students of the school who went on to become notable photographers include

margaret bourke-white

karl struss. her work was exhibited in various new york galleries

published in theatre arts monthly

graphi ulmann was married

pictorialist photographer and an orthopedic surgeon on the staff of

columbia university medical school and a likely connection

hoeber publication

columbia university in the city of new york: twenty-four portraits this

was followed in by the publication of her book of portraits of the

medical faculty of the johns hopkins university; the a portrait

be one of the most beautiful books ever produced

in an interview

particular interest in portraits. "the faces of men and women in the

street are probably as interesting as ary faces

human angle leads me to men and women who write. i am not interested

exclusively in ary faces

some of my mountaineers than by any ary person. a face that has the

marks of having lived intensely

intellectual power

face

in the strictest sense

younger person who has scarcely been touched by life

ulmann's early work includes a series of portraits of prominent

intellectuals

eastman

anna pavlova

most important series

crafts

john jacob niles

ulmann photographed. in failing health

while working near ashville

york. doris ulmann died august 28

upon ulmann's death

images. allen eaton

campbell folk school in brasstown

brother-in-law henry l. necarsulmer

were named trustees. samuel h. lifshey

photographer

trip

plate negatives.

from ulmann's last expedition

the proof prints were mounted into a ums

jacob niles and allen eaton

folklorist

the primary repository of ulmann's work is at the university of oregon

libraries' special collections. the doris ulmann collection

includes 2

prints

assembled by the doris ulmann foundation between the silver

negatives. of the matted photographs

prints that were mounted and signed by ulmann; the others are silver

at berea college in kentucky

berea) and the new york historical society

yorkers). as art objects

collections including the smithsonian and the j. paul getty museum. doris

ulmann was an extremely private person and left no documentation other

than her images