Divers
Artist
Dr. Albert R. Benedict
(American, 1873 - 1953)
Dateca. 1907
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches (27.31 x 16.19 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3883
InscribedSignature
Signed in artist's hand
Back of Print
Block letters
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Very little is known about Dr. Albert Benedict. A resident of Montclair, New Jersey, Benedict was an amateur photographer working within the Pictorialist aesthetic. His work was often awarded prizes in the amateur photography competitions from 1900 to 1915. In his view of divers, seen here, Benedict employs the muted focus of Pictorialism while celebrating a prototypically modern subject: divers setting footings that will later support a new suspension bridge.
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