{"product_id":"frances-benjamin-johnston-the-hampton-album-deluxe-edition-9781633450806","title":"Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Hampton Album: Deluxe Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frances Benjamin Johnston | Sarah Meister | Latoya Ruby Frazier\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Museum of Modern Art\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Museum of Modern Art\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis deluxe edition adheres to the generous scale and format of the original album.","brand":"Museum of Modern Art","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47596484624535,"sku":"9781633450806","price":18288.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781633450806.webp?v=1774993965","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/frances-benjamin-johnston-the-hampton-album-deluxe-edition-9781633450806","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}