| Names: | | | Dates: | 1856, 15 April - 1916, 24 July | | Born: | US, IL, La Salle | | Active: | US | | Gender: | Male |
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.Preparing biographies
Readings on, or by, individual photographers
Webb, William & Weinstein, Robert A, 1987, Dwellers at the Source: Southwestern Indian Photographs of A. C. Vroman, 1895–1904, (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press) [Δ]
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Family history
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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 |
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.]
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If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here. |
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