Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952)

Frances Benjamin Johnston: Women painting at easels in a class at the Art Students League, Washington, D.C., 1889

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Frances Benjamin Johnston (Jan 15, 1864 – May 16, 1952) was an early American photographer and photojournalist whose career lasted for almost half a century. via Wikipedia

Self Portrait (as New Woman), an 1896 self-portrait taken in her Washington, DC studio

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She is most known for her portraits, images of southern architecture, and various photographic series featuring African Americans and Native Americans at the turn of the twentieth century.

Self-portrait by Johnston, dressed as a man, sporting a fake mustache and holding a bicycle, ca. 1890.

Frances Benjamin Johnston in 1888 on a balcony of the State, War and Navy Building with a tripod-mounted camera, photographing an unidentified man SOURCE

Johnston with camera, ca. 1935 SOURCE

Johnston holding camera, ca. 1950

A Kodak creates a sensation, 1890s Frances Benjamin Johnston with kids.

The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.), 15 Nov. 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress SOURCE

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photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952)

Natalie Clifford Barney, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1910

Ava Lowle Willing

photo source: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.31735/
via: chegenerediarte fb

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see also:

Alice Pike Barney (1857–1931)

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