| Doris Ulmann African American laborer 1918 (ca) Gelatin silver print 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 ins (16.5 x 12.1 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Fine Photographers, 19 February 2015, Sale 2374, Lot 17 LL/57651 An early work by Ulmann, who was a graduate of the Ethical Culture School and Columbia University, Teacher's College, where she met and studied with photographer Clarence H. White, a founding member of the Photo-Secession. White's Pictorialist approach profoundly influenced Ulmann, who is known for her humanist portraits of African-Americans.
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