ARTIST

Doris Ulmann

Doris Ulmann was an American photographer celebrated for her intimate portraits of Appalachian people and Gullah communities.

ABOUT

Doris Ulmann, born in New York City in 1882, initially pursued psychology at Columbia University before dedicating herself to photography professionally after 1918. Trained at the Clarence H. White School of Modern Photography, a hub for Pictorialism, Ulmann developed a distinctive style marked by profound respect for her subjects and an ethnographer's keen eye for culture. She was a member of the Pictorial Photographers of America, a movement that emphasized aesthetic quali…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Portrait of Lillian Gish 1908 · Cleveland Museum of Art Boat Detail, likely Massachusetts 1917 · Cleveland Museum of Art The Corn Crib 1918 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Man Holding a Neck of Guitar 1920 · Cleveland Museum of Art [Man with Bridle] 1920 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Old Man Seated With Cane 1920 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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