1895-1915: Portraits by Fred Holland Day
Written By Wolfgang Wild
Fred Holland Day’s (1864-1933) father was a rich trader in Boston. Day would routinely create only a single print of each photograph, and made use exclusively of the platinum process. Yet after the Russian Revolution, platinum became increasingly difficult to obtain, and Day’s interest in photography waned as a direct result.
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c. 1898: Kahlil Gibran in Middle Eastern costume with leopard skin and staff
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c. 1896: Isabelle Giles
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c. 1898: ‘Woman in drapery with hoop earrings’
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c. 1905: Young woman in dress with striped collar and necklace, Hampton, Va.
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c. 1905: African American man wearing the Hampton Institute uniform
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1903: Young man in black
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1905: Boy in profile
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c. 1898: Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865-1932)
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c. 1898: Woman in drapery with hoop earrings
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1907: Agnes Lee
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