Doris Ulmann
DORIS ULMANN
Worker at Fish House, Nantucket or Gloucester
ca. 1920-30s, platinum print, ca. 1920-30s
8 x 6 1/4.
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DORIS ULMANN
Worker at Fish House, Nantucket or Gloucester
ca. 1920-30s, platinum print, ca. 1920-30s
8 x 6, Numbered "219" in red pencil on mount verso.
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DORIS ULMANN
Farmer with Long Beard
ca. 1920-30s, platinum print, ca. 1920-30s
8 x 6.
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DORIS ULMANN
Old Worker Holding a Tool
ca. 1920-30s, platinum print, ca. 1920-30s
8 1/2 x 6 1/4.
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Doris Ulmann, American, 1884-1934
Doris Ulmann was born to a wealthy New York family. She attended Columbia Teacher's College where her education was supposed to lead her to
a teaching position. However, after taking a course in photography, Ulmann
decided to pursue a career as a photographer. From 1918 to her death in 1934, Ulmann devoted herself to her profession. Although her earlier work consisted mostly of portraits of prominent people of her day, Ulmann's photographs began to take a new direction. Influenced by the social liberalism of Lewis Hine, one that accepted and acknowledged the inherent worth of all individuals regardless of their socioeconomic background, Ulmann began to photograph people in rural areas such as Appalachia and South Carolina. Her purpose was not to provide a social commentary, but rather to show a way of life, older crafts, and individual character that America was in the process of losing. She photographed in the naturalist tradition. Naturalists were rebelling against the industrial revolution and the urbanization, pollution, and corruption that came with it. Through their photographs, they looked back to a simpler time when a person's work and craft were more valued.
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