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Title
Nell
Becker
Dorr
Photograph
Subject
Ohio Women
Arts and Entertainment
Photographers
Photography
Place
Massillon (Ohio)
Stark County (Ohio)
Description
This
self-portrait
shows
Massillon
,
Ohio
photographer
Nell
Becker
Dorr
with a
camera
. The
photograph
measures
8
"
x
13.5
"
(20.32
x
34.29
cm)
.
Dorr
(1892-1989)
, the
daughter
of
Massillon
Studio
photographer
Jacob
Becker
,
began
taking
photographs
as a
child
and
continued
throughout
her
lifetime
. Her
work
is
often
described
as an
expression
of
personal
history
,
using
photographs
as a
means
of
communication
about
family
life
,
especially
mothers
and their
children
.
Dorr
also
photographed
many
famous
people
,
among
them
Lillian
Gish
,
who
was a
family
friend
, and
Carl
Sandburg
. She
experimented
with
light
abstractions
,
negative
manipulations
, and
alternative
printing
processes
, and was
known
for the
haunting
quality
of her
work
. Her
work
is
best
represented
in her
books
and in
several
exhibitions
,
including
the
1955
Museum
of
Modern
Art
show
"The
Family
of
Man
" and her
solo
exhibition
"
Mother
and
Child.
" In
1983
the
Corcoran
Gallery
in
Washington
,
D.C
.
honored
Dorr
as
one
of the "
ten
best
women
in
photography.
"
Creator
Dorr, Nell Becker, 1892-1989
Date of Original
1920
-
1940
circa
Collection
Nell
Becker
Dorr
Photograph
Collection
http://www.massillonmuseum.org
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Massillon Museum
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2551_2920117_001.tif
Image Height
4015
Image Width
2400
File Size
841.069 KB
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