| Names: | | | Dates: | 1808, 20 February - 1901 | | Born: | US, MA, East Sudbury [now Wayland] | | Active: | US | | Gender: | Male |
American photographic partnership in conjunction with Albert Sands Southworth.Preparing biographies
Readings on, or by, individual photographers
Romer, Grant B & Wallis, Brian (eds), 2005, Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, (New York: International Center of Photography; Rochester, NY: George Eastman House; Göttingen, Germany: Steidl) [Δ]
Sobieszek, Robert & Appel, Odette M, 1976, The Spirit of Fact: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes, 1843–1862, (Boston: David R. Godine) [Δ]
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Family history
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 | Josiah Johnson Hawes: The grave |
|  | Josiah Johnson Hawes: The photographic wagon of J.J. Hawes, 19 Tremont Row Boston |
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All photographs by this photographer
| 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 | Grove Art Online (www.groveart.com) has a biography of this artist.
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"A Famous Photographer and his Sitters." An illustrated article regarding Josiah J. Hawes.
http://www.daguerre.org ...
From Demorest's Family Magazine (New York) Vol. 34, No. 5 (April 1898) pp. 134-35, 156.
| "Stray Leaves from the Diary of the Oldest Professional Photographer" A short autobiography of Josaih Hawes.
http://www.daguerre.org ...
From Photo-Era (Boston) Vol 16 (February 1906)
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The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
• Auer, Michele & Michel 1985 Encyclopedie Internationale Des Photographes de 1839 a Nos Jours / Photographers Encylopaedia International 1839 to the present (Hermance, Editions Camera Obscura) 2 volumes [A classic reference work for biographical information on 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.42 [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.242, 473-474
• Weaver, Mike (ed.) 1989 The Art of Photography 1839-1989 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press) p.466-467 [This exhibition catalogue is for the travelling exhibition that went to Houston, Canberra and London in 1989.]
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.240-241 [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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