Edith, Danville, Virginia
1971
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2001.67.83
Art Historical Context
**Edith, Dan, Virginia** (1971) is a poignant gelatin silver print American photographer Emmet Gow, capturing an intimate moment in the rural heartland of Virginia. Measuring just 20.2 x 25.2 cm, this modestly scaled black-and-white image exemplifies Gowin's signature style: tender, poetic portraits of his wife, Edith, and their family life. Created during the early 1970s, a period when photography was elevating personal narratives to fine art status amid social upheavals, Gow work stands out for its humanistic warmth, drawing from documentary traditions while infusing everyday scenes with pro...
About the Artist
Emmet Gowin
Emmet Gowin (born 1941) is an American photographer whose work spans intimate domestic portraiture and large-scale aerial landscape photography, combining a deeply personal vision with a sustained engagement with the American land and its transformation by human activity. Born in Danville, Virginia, he studied at the Richmond Professional Institute before pursuing graduate work at the Rhode Island...