Clarence Hudson White (1871–1925) was an American photographer, teacher and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement. He grew up in small towns in Ohio, where his primary influences were his family and the social life of rural America. After visiting the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, he took up photography.
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| Portrait photography by Clarence Hudson White |
Although he was completely self-taught in the medium, within a few years he was internationally known for his pictorial photographs that captured the spirit and sentimentality of America in the early twentieth century. As he became well known for his images, White was sought out by other photographers who often traveled to Ohio to learn from him. He became friends with Alfred Stieglitz and helped advance the cause of photography as a true art form.
In 1906, White and his family moved to New York City in order to be closer to Stieglitz and his circle and to further promote his own work. While there he became interested in teaching photography and in 1914 he established the Clarence H. White School of Photography, the first educational institution in America to teach photography as art.
Due to the demands of his teaching duties, his own photography declined and White produced little new work during the last decade of his life. In 1925 he suffered a heart attack and died while teaching students in Mexico City.
These beautiful photos are part of his work that Clarence Hudson White took portraits of American ladies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| The shelter, 1897 |
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| Woman seated on a porch railing, 1897 |
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| Blind man's bluff, Newark, Ohio, 1898 |
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| Girl with harp (Letitia Felix), Newark, Ohio, 1898 |
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| Girl with sword, circa 1898 |
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| Lady in black with statuette (Lady with Venus), 1898 |
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| Spring, 1898 |
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| Springtime, 1898 |
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| Study, 1898 |
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| The bubble [variant], 1898 |
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| The bubble, 1898 |
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| Among the branches, 1899 |
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| Evening interior, 1899 |
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| Letitia Felix seated at table, 1899 |
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| On the old stair, 1899 |
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| Sarah Walker, 1899 |
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| Study pose, 1899 |
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| The readers (Letitia Felix and Ada Follett), Newark, Ohio, 1899 |
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| Edge of the woods - evening, 1900 |
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| 1Elizabeth Felix with paperwhites, circa 1900 |
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| He loves me, he loves me not, 1900 |
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| Portrait of a woman holding flower, circa 1900 |
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| The orchard, Newark, Ohio, 1902 |
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| Am Fenster, 1904 |
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| The kiss, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1904 |
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| The round table, 1904 |
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| Morning, 1905 |
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| Morning, the bathroom 1906 |
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| Girl with bowl, 1907 |
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| Miss Mary Everett, 1908 |
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| Mrs. Fox (Kate Parsenau), New York, 1908 |
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| Beneath the bough, 1909 |
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| Portrait of an unidentified woman, 1909 |
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| Portrait of Annette Kellermann diving, 1909 |
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| Untitled [Florence Peterson], 1909 |
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| Woman in landscape, circa 1909 |
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| Portrait of a woman seated, circa 1910 |
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| Two women in an orchard, circa 1910 |
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| Woman in landscape, Maine, 1910 |
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| Woman playing violin, circa 1910 |
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| Woman seated in front of window, circa 1910 |
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| Dancer from Barnard College Greek Games, 1911 |
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| At the studio window (Mrs. Levisohn), circa 1912 |
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| Girl with fan, 1914 |
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| Portrait of a dancer, circa 1915 |
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| Portrait of Mrs. Josephine Wallace, 1916 |
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| Woman with crystal ball, 1917 |
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| Alla Nazimova, New York, 1919 |
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| Woman with feather fan, circa 1919 |
(Photo © Clarence Hudson White)
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