White, Clarence H

White, Clarence H(udson)

Boy with a Cart, platinum print by Clarence H. White of his oldest son, …

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(born April 8, 1871, West Carlisle, Ohio, U.S.—died July 8, 1925, Mexico City, Mex.) American photographer and teacher. White taught himself photography and photographed his friends and family. His work brought him into contact with important figures in American art photography, including Gertrude Käsebier, Edward Steichen, and Alfred Stieglitz. In 1902 White helped found the Photo-Secession, a group of photographers that promoted Pictorialism, a fine-arts approach to photography. In 1914 White opened a school of photography in New York City. There he influenced a new generation of photographers, including Margaret Bourke-White and Dorothea Lange.