Adam Clark Vroman PLATINUM PRINTS – Essays by J A. W A S Travel Diaries by A C V MICHAEL DAWSON GALLERY ANDREW SMITH GALLERY, INC. North Larchmont Boulevard W. San Francisco Street Los Angeles, California Santa Fe, New Mexico Tel: () - Fax: () - Tel: () - Fax: () - www.michaeldawsongallery.com www.andrewsmithgallery.com Contents Preface Adam Clark Vroman: The Inquisitive Eye by Jennifer A. Watts Adam Clark Vroman: A Modern Photographer by Andrew Smith Adam Clark Vroman Travel Diaries and transcribed by Austin Lamont Plates Checklist of Photographs Bibliography F : Clouds Near Enchanted Mesa, . Inquiries about purchasing original A. C. Vroman prints may be directed to: M D G A S G, I. www.michaeldawsongallery.com www.andrewsmithgallery.com
[email protected] [email protected] () - () - Preface T of book collecting in the nineteenth century included the appreciation of illustrated books and albums. For many of us in the photography world, the twentieth century antiquarian book stores were the centers of art and culture (photography). This is where collections were found, sold, appreciated, and preserved. This was the source of education about the artists, the times they worked in, the written and visual presentations of photography until the late s. Glen Dawson at Dawson’s Book Shop (Los Angeles), Jake Zeitlin at Zeitlin and Ver Brugge (Los Angeles), Warren Howell at John Howell Bookseller (San Francisco), Fred Rosenstock at Rosenstocks (Denver) and Jack Potter and Nicholas Potter (Santa Fe) were giants in the trade whose connoisseurship and curiosity helped launch the present day photography business out west. These individuals were our role models. Their shops were the most likely places to find fine historic photographs; usually photography albums and books with works by William Henry Fox Talbot, William Henry Jackson, Hill & Adamson, Felix Tenyard, the Exchange Club, Francis Frith, Eadweard Muybridge, Carleton Watkins, Timothy O’Sullivan, Edward Curtis, Ansel Adams, and many others.