Clarence H. White and family reading in Newark parlor or dining room

Photograph shows Clarence H. White, his mother, Phoebe, and his wife Jane reading with Maynard and Lewis in a parlor or dining room in Newark, Ohio.

Inscribed in pencil on verso: 312.
Gift; Kathleen B. White; 2003-2004; (DLC/PP-2004:027).
Requested credit line: The White Family Collection in Memory of Clarence H. White, Jane Felix White, and Maynard Pressley White, Jr.
Forms part of: Clarence White family collection.

Clarence H. White (April 8, 1871 - July 8, 1925) was an American photographer and teacher. He was one of the leading figures of the American Photo-Secession movement, which sought to promote photography as fine art. White was a master of the photographic medium and is known for his soft-focus and romantic images of women and children and his experimental work with movement and multiple exposures. He was also a successful portrait photographer and took many photographs of artists and writers of the day. White taught photography at the New York School of Photography he co-founded. He died in Mexico City in 1925 on a photographic trip.