Oddly enough, one of the first photos Chris and I bought back in 2017 — i.e., back when we started our research project on early women artisan photographers, was a photo by a male photographer:
Early PICT – Meet Mrs. J.H. Folsom
Category: Early PICT
Profiles of some early women photographers in Connecticut
Visiting the Arctic with Irene
While there are early women artisan photographers who took photos in Alaska and maybe even at the Arctic Circle, we’re not going to be talking about them this post. Nope, today we are going to […]
EARLY PICT: The elusive Mrs. A.J. Lawton
Back in 2017, Chris and I bought a Carte de Visite (CDV) by an Early PICT, Mrs. Mary “Lizzie” Lawton, a woman who did business as “Mrs. A. J. Lawton” in Willimantic, Connecticut. I remember […]
EARLY PICT: Changing times … and names
Today we meet another early PICT, Hattie Dowe. Miss Dowe was active in the 1860s in eastern Connecticut. As I’ve mentioned previously, at the start of professional photography (circa 1840 and through the 1850s) the […]
Early PICT: The photographer known as Mrs. J. B. Lewis
First thing today, I want to thank the Manchester Library for hosting my talk at the Whiton Branch last week. Also, a big thank you to everyone who attended the talk! It was a fun […]
Early PICTs step into the spotlight
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been invited to give a lecture about early women artisan photographers from Connecticut at our local library here in Manchester, CT. The 1-hour talk starts at 6:00pm on March 19, […]
Early PICTs: Two Daguerreian “Saloons”
Today is the start of a new series on the blog that I’m calling “Early PICT.” PICT stands for “Photographer in Connecticut”; although “women” is not in the name itself, the series will of course […]