BENNETT, H. H. Sarah Rath, Pioneer Photographer: Wisconsin's H. H. Bennett, Madison, Wisconsin: Tamarack Press, 1979. Softcover, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 192 pages, halftone illustrations.
This was the first substantial examination of the work of Henry Hamilton Bennett (1843-1908). Based in what is now the city of Wisconsin Dells, Bennett made a name for himself photographing the unique rock, cliffs, and caves of the Wisconsin River, and was primarily responsible for the public image of the dells in the late nineteenth century. A family-run business from the start, the H. H. Bennett studio is still in existence today. MOMA curator John Szarkowski proclaimed that his work “was a portrait of America discovering an identity with the wild world,†and reflected an “awakening to the poetic uses of the land.†Very good condition

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