F. Holland Day

F. Holland Day
Photograph of Day by Gertrude Käsebier, c. 1898
Born
Fred Holland Day

July 23, 1864
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DiedNovember 12, 1933(1933-11-12) (aged 69)
Norwood, Massachusetts, US
Occupation(s)Photographer, publisher
Fred Holland Day, 1911.
Part of the Louise Imogen Guiney collection
Youth Sitting on a Stone, by F. Holland Day (1907)
Portrait of Edward Carpenter, the early gay rights activist, by F. Holland Day

Fred Holland Day (July 23, 1864 – November 23, 1933)[1] was an American photographer and publisher. He was prominent in literary and photography circles in the late nineteenth century and was a leading Pictorialist.[1][2] He was an early and vocal advocate for accepting photography as a fine art.[2]

  1. ^ a b Roberts, Pam (2008). "Fred Holland Day". In Hannavy, John (ed.). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. New York: Routledge.
  2. ^ a b "Making a Presence: F. Holland Day in Artistic Photography". Addison Gallery of American Art. 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2021.