Beaumont Newhall (1908–1993)
Author of The History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present
About the Author
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Works by Beaumont Newhall
Photography and the Book: Delivered on the 8th Bromsen Lecture, May 3, 1980, Boston. (Maury a. Bromsen Lecture in… (1983) 4 copies
Images of America Early Photography 1839-1900 An Exhibit Held in the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. - Opened on… (1957) 2 copies
Latent images 2 copies
Photography a Short Critical History 2 copies
Beaumont Newhall 2 copies
Daguerre: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Daguerreotype and the Diorama by Daguerre (1971) 2 copies
Joan Watts 1 copy
Associated Works
One Mind's Eye: The Portraits and Other Photographs of Arnold Newman (1974) — Foreword, some editions — 48 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1908-06-22
- Date of death
- 1993-02-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
- Place of death
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
London, England, UK
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Massachusetts, USA - Education
- Harvard University (B.A.|1930|M.A. ∙ 1931)
University of Paris
Courtauld Institute of Art
Phillips Academy - Occupations
- art historian
museum curator
writer - Relationships
- Newhall, Nancy (wife)
- Organizations
- Museum of Modern Art
George Eastman Museum (Director ∙ 1958-71)
University of New Mexico - Awards and honors
- MacArthur Fellow (1984)
Members
Reviews
Masters of Photography by Beaumont & Nancy Newhall
Collection of 20th century American photographers
Beautiful full color photographs of various sections of the Grand Canyon.
The everyman's beginning book to learn about the medium.
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- ISBNs
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