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HomeContents > People > Photographers > Adam Clark Vroman

Names:
Other: A.C. Vroman 
Dates:  1856, 15 April - 1916, 24 July
Born:  US, IL, La Salle
Active:  US
 
  
American photographer who took early studies of Native Americans and the California Missions. He opened a book and photographic supply store in Pasadena, California, that is still running. 
  
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Pasadena, CA, US 
  
[9-0] [Adam Clark Vroman] "Bookseller"; "Photographer"; Southwest views; Hopi Snake Dance, other Indians; not sure if he did stereoviews or just album photos. Active 95-04; B. 56, D. 16. 
  
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association)
Credit: National Stereoscopic Association with corrections and additions by Alan Griffiths and others.
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Adam Clark Vroman
Self-portrait of photographer Adam Clark Vroman (1856-1916), Arizona, Apache, Canyon de Chelly 
1904
 
  
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Internet biographies

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Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
 

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Adam Clark Vroman 
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Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Beaton, Cecil & Buckland, Gail 1975 The Magic Eye: The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Company) p.122 [Useful short biographies with personal asides and one or more example images.] 
  
• Capa, Cornell (ed.) 1984 The International Center of Photography: Encyclopedia of Photography (New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. - A Pound Press Book) p.541 
  
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.263 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.] 
  
 

Useful printed stuff

If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here.

 
• Naef, Weston 1995 The J. Paul Getty Museum - Handbook of the Photographic Collection (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum) p.104 
  
• Newhall, Beaumont 1982 The History of Photography - Fifth Edition (London: Secker & Warburg) [One or more photographs by Adam Clark Vroman are included in this classic history.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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