{"product_id":"frances-benjamin-johnston-the-hampton-album-9781633450813","title":"Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Hampton Album","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA portrait of one of the earliest African American and Native American colleges, from an album found in a bookstore by Lincoln Kirstein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952), credited as the first female photojournalist in the United States, was commissioned in 1899 to photograph the Hampton Institute, then a 30-year-old institution dedicated to the education of young African American and Native American men and women. What became known as the \u003ci\u003eHampton Album\u003c\/i\u003e--comprised of 159 luxurious platinum plates that offer insight into the daily life of students, originally exhibited in 1900 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris--is Johnston's signature work, and a touchstone for contemporary artists and historians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe leatherbound album was discovered serendipitously by Lincoln Kirstein in a Washington, DC, bookstore during World War II, and donated to MoMA in 1965. This volume makes the album available to the public in its entirety for the first time, and features a contextualizing essay by curator Sarah Hermanson Meister and a response to the album from artist LaToya Ruby Frazier.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Museum of Modern Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493083779346,"sku":"9781633450813","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0f8d1552-e544-479f-bb05-24fe9c7d5c6c.jpg?v=1730626278","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/frances-benjamin-johnston-the-hampton-album-9781633450813","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}