Clarence John Laughlin: Visionary Photographer

by Keith F. Davis

Book Overview

This volume provides a much-needed reassessment of the life and work of Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985). Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Laughlin lived most of his life in New Orleans, He discovered the literature of Baudelaire and the French Symbolists in the mid-1920s and began writing poetry and Gothic fiction at that time. In 1934, influenced by the work of Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Man Ray, and Atget, Laughlin took up photography. Devoted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875296300
• ISBN13: 9780875296302
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Hallmark Cards
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 11.6"