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Photography as a fine art : the achievements and possibilities of photographic art in America / Charles H. Caffin ; with an introduction by Thomas F. Barrow

by Charles Caffin

This exhibition catalogue explores the career of a pioneering American photographer, tracing his work in portraiture and landscape photography, his collaboration with Eastman Kodak, and his contribution to the establishment of the Hudson River Museum.

Accession 31835 ISBN — Publisher Morgan & Morgan (Publisher : Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.)
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