Inventory of the Emmet Gowin Photographs, 1972-2008

Abstract

American photographer and Professor of Visual Arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University. Co-author, with Elijah Gowin, of Maggie, published by Tin Roof Press in 2008.

Collection consists of 2 signed 8x10 gelatin silver photographs, originally included in the publication of Maggie. The edition, available in Lilly Library at Duke University, was Number 7 of a Special Edition of Twenty-five, September 2008.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Creator: Gowin, Emmet, 1941-
Title: Emmet Gowin Photographs, 1972-2008
Language of Material: English
Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet, 2 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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Prints from the Special Edition of Maggie, 2008

Collection Overview

Collection consists of 2 signed 8 x 10 gelatin silver photographs, originally included in the publication of Maggie. They have been separated from the book due to preservation concerns. The monograph Maggie, available in Lilly Library at Duke University, was Number 7 of a Special Edition of Twenty-five, published by Tin Roof Press, September 2008.

The prints are sleeved together in a custom envelope matching the book.

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Access Restrictions

Collection is restricted to educational, non-commercial use.

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Use Restrictions

The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Contents of the Collection

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Prints from the Special Edition of Maggie, 2008

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Maggie as Santa, Christmas, Danville, Virginia, 1972

8 x 10 silver gelatin print, signed by Emmet Gowin.

Box 1

Maggie and Astrolabe, 2001

8 x 10 silver gelatin print, signed by Emmet Gowin.

Box 1

Historical Note

Emmet Gowin, born in Danville, Virginia, in 1941, is an American photographer and Professor of Visual Arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University.

Gowin received his MFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1967. He specializes in intimate portraits, particularly of his wife and other family members. He is also known for aerial photography, and since the 1980s has documented sites throughout the world. Gowin's work has been exhibited in museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He has won awards throughout his career, with notable ones including a Guggenheim fellowship (1974), two NEA fellowships (1977 and 1979), and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts (1993-1994).

Gowin's work has also been published in several monographs, including Emmet Gowin/Photographs (1976); Emmet Gowin: Photographs, 1966-1983 (1983); Emmet Gowin/Photographs: This Vegetable Earth is But A Shadow (1990); Emmet Gowin/Aerial Photographs (1998); Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth (2002); and Mariposas Nocturnas--Edith in Panama (2006).

Emmet Gowin is also the co-author, with Elijah Gowin, of Maggie, published by Tin Roof Press in 2008.