Photographer museums - not photography museums

billbretz · Sep 11, 2017

Had the chance to visit the splendid O. Winston Link Museum and it got me wondering - what museums out there are dedicated (mostly) to one photographer? There are lots of historic homes / museums dedicated to famous authors, musicians, the wealthy, (non-photographic) artists, presidents and politicians, etc.... but very, very few to photographers. I can name three, I think. Surely there are more, but - somewhat sadly, I believe - a great many who "deserve" such treatment but which we will likely never see.

Besides the O.Winston Link Museum, there is the Alice Austen House and the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, which seems to fit the category (but I don't really know anything about it).

Who/what am I missing? Of course, there are several fine institutions that have a core collection or had their start as a repository of sort for the work of an individual or two (I'm thinking perhaps along the lines of ICP or the Center for Creative Photography).. but was just curious about institutions that remain focused on one individual in the field of photography. Perhaps some early inventors, pioneers? Maybe places like ICP, etc., mostly fill this role in an umbrella sort of fashion.

AgX · Sep 11, 2017

I thought about it, none comes to my mind.

Ian Grant · Sep 11, 2017

Well in the UK we have Dimbola House, on the Ilse of Wight, this was where Julia Margaret Cameron lived and worked. There's also Laycock Abbey (here in the UK) where Fox Talbot lived and worked

While not a photographer himself there's the excellent George Eastman House in Rochester, NY, which I found impressive.

All three of these places combine being museums to their owners with additional exhibition and in the case of Dimbola and GEH workshop and other facilities, I did an Ambrotype course at Dimbola with another member of this forum 4 or 5 years ago.

Ian

David Allen · Sep 11, 2017

Here in Berlin we have the Helmut Newton Foundation that present his and Alice Springs work together with temporary themed exhibitions:

http://www.helmutnewton.com

It is next to the Zoologischer Garten Bahnhof and in an area of Berlin with a number of photography galleries including the Museum für Fotographie, Camera Work, C/O, Johanna Breede Photokunst, Carpentier Galerie, Galerie Springer, Only Photography, etc.

Bests,

David.
www.dsallen.de

mooseontheloose · Sep 11, 2017

There's the Shoji Ueda Museum way out in the hinterlands of Tottori, Japan. Even though I lived in Tottori for 2 years, I only found out about his work after I left it (and Japan). If I get another chance to go up there, I'd like to visit this museum (it may be a while before I do though).

Sirius Glass · Sep 11, 2017

O.Winston Link Museum is wonderful. I have posted threads about it. I have two of his books.

billbretz · Sep 12, 2017

,Thanks all, some good ones there. Got to be more!

rrusso · Sep 12, 2017

I couldn't find anything in a very brief search online, but I know there have been tours given of Adams' home near Carmel, CA.

I've seen a video in which his son, Michael, showed the darkroom, which looks like it has been left pretty much as it was when Adams was still active.

CMoore · Sep 17, 2017

Sirius Glass said:
O.Winston Link Museum is wonderful. I have posted threads about it. I have two of his books.

He was fabulous. I have that book he published...i think it is All/Mostly night and flash shots of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
If you like trains, and the life that went along with them, his book is fantastic.
It is great when a guy can split with his professional photography genre, and pursue his "dreams" so to speak.
Like if Ansel Adams grabbed a Nikon F..... and shot the streets of NYC for 6 months.

Sirius Glass · Sep 17, 2017

O. Winston Link used artificial light so that he could control the light. He used many flash bulbs and movements to get amazing depth of fields in his photographs.

samcomet · Sep 17, 2017

FWIW - While it's NOT strictly a museum (it may not even still be there) but 621 6th Ave., New York City is where Gene Smith lived and worked after leaving home, wife and kids in upstate NY. This was the famous Jazz Loft premises, and while he shot Minamata in Japan, this was his "home" address in the States.
cheers,
Sam

CMoore · Sep 17, 2017

Sirius Glass said:
O. Winston Link used artificial light so that he could control the light. He used many flash bulbs and movements to get amazing depth of fields in his photographs.

I have seen the short movie about him doing that.....dozens and dozens of Light/Flash Bulbs.
How did he figure the exposure for that stuff.?
Was it trial and error...educated guess from his Commercial/Studio Experience.?

Sirius Glass · Sep 17, 2017

CMoore said:
I have seen the short movie about him doing that.....dozens and dozens of Light/Flash Bulbs.
How did he figure the exposure for that stuff.?
Was it trial and error...educated guess from his Commercial/Studio Experience.?

Very carefully calculated because it took a day or days to set up and he only had one chance to get a train to stop, start or back up. He was an industrial photographer who had his tried and true calculations and methods.

CMoore · Sep 17, 2017

I See......Very Interesting.
Thank You

rwjr · Nov 21, 2017

Dead Link Removed , dedicated to the landscape photographer who made the wisconsin dells a famous tourist destination , or just google h.h. bennett studio wikipedia.com

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