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Clarence John Laughlin (1905 – January 2, 1985) was an American photographer best known for his surrealist photographs of the American South.
May 11 – November 10, 2019. Dubbed “The Father of American Surrealism,” Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905-1985) was the most important Southern photographer of his time and a singular figure within the burgeoning American school of photography.
Clarence John Laughlin wrote passionately of the connection between photography and imagination in 1949. He made his first photograph in December 1930, keeping meticulous records of every exposure thereafter.
Clarence John Laughlin (1905 – January 2, 1985) was an American photographer best known for his surrealist photographs of the American South.
Clarence John Laughlin was an American photographer best known for his surrealist photographs of the American South. He made his first photograph in December 1930, keeping meticulous records of every exposure thereafter.
A Louisiana native, Clarence John Laughlin (1905–1985) began his career as photographer in the 1930s, eventually emerging as one of America’s pioneers in surrealist and experimental photography.
Clarence John Laughlin American. 1941. Not on view. Laughlin worked in New Orleans and found inspiration in the city’s faded grandeur. He developed what he termed as his own “visual poetry” by borrowing elements from modern photography—such as strong compositions and highly glossy printing techniques—and imbuing his images with ...
Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985) was a writer, artist, photographer, and book collector from New Orleans, Louisiana. Credited as the first surrealist photographer in the United States, Laughlin is best known for his images of the American South and the publication Ghosts Along the Mississippi.
Clarence John Laughlin. Also known as. Clarence J. Laughlin. Date of birth. 1905. Date of death. 1985. See all 47 artworks ›. The Improbable Dome (No.1), The Selfridge Mansion, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1964.
This exhibition explores the work of Clarence John Laughlin, one of the twentieth century’s most important Southern photographers. Like his visually complex Surrealist works, Laughlin was...