Michaels, Barbara L. Gertrude Käsebier: The Photographer and Her Photographs. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1992
Gertrude Käsebier
Born: Des Moines, IO, 18 May 1852
Died: New York, 13 October 1934
Nationality: American
Died: New York, 13 October 1934
Nationality: American
Studies:
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (1889-93)
Career:
1894 – begins work as a professional photographer
1898 – opens portrait studio in New York; exhibits at Philadelphia Photographic Salons; publishes "Studies in Photography" in Photography Times
1900 - exhibits at Exposition universelle (Paris) and at Royal Photographic Society (London)
1902 – founder-member of Photo-Secession
1903 – ‘"Blessed art thou among women" published in first issue of Camera Work
1909 - cofounder of Women's Federation of the Photographers Association of America
1910 – final exhibition with Photo-Secession
1912 – resigns from Photo-Secession
1920s – begins work with Pictorial Photographers of America; closes portrait studio
1929 – retrospective at Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Students
Alice Austin, Alvin Langdon Coburn
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