{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meister, Sarah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Museum of Modern Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633450813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 12.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Sarah Meister","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749630947403,"sku":"9781633450813","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_11f4a34b-15ac-4214-9d39-0ea5bd659d30.jpg?v=1597792350","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/frances-benjamin-johnston-the-hampton-album-9781633450813","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}