Edith, Danville, Virginia
<p>Emmet Gowin, <em>Edith, Danville, Virginia</em>, 1972. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm) Image: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (15.9 × 15.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Guy Nordenson in honor of Adam D. Weinberg 2024.298</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1972
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm) Image: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (15.9 × 15.9 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Emmet Gowin
Artist
Photography
Emmet Gowin is an American photographer. He first gained attention in the 1970s with his intimate portraits of his wife, Edith, and her family. Later he turned his attention to the landscapes of the American West, taking aerial photographs of places that had been changed by humans or nature, including the Hanford Site, Mount St. Helens, and the Nevada Test Site. Gowin taught at Princeton University for more than 35 years.
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Record
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- Emmet Gowin
- Year
- 1972
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm) Image: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (15.9 × 15.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1972-166684
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified