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clarence käsebier h. white , c1910 . portrait by gertrude 7 july 1925 mexico city lewis . felix , maynard pressley , clarence hudson jr. newark , ohio , united states 250px photographer american clarence h. white lewis perry white and phebe billman 8 april 1871 jane felix clarence white sr by gertrude käsebier.jpg clarence hudson white
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clarence hudson white

clarence hudson white -lrb- april 8 , 1871 -- july 7 , 1925 -rrb- was an american photographer , teacher and a founding member of the photo-secession movement .
he grew up in small towns in ohio , where his primary influences were his family and the social life of rural america .
after visiting the world 's columbian exposition in chicago in 1893 , he took up photography .
although he was completely self-taught in the medium , within a few years he was internationally known for his pictorial photographs that captured the spirit and sentimentality of america in the early twentieth century .
as he became well known for his images , white was sought out by other photographers who often traveled to ohio to learn from him .
he became friends with alfred stieglitz and helped advance the cause of photography as a true art form .
in 1906 white and his family moved to new york city in order to be closer to stieglitz and his circle and to further promote his own work .
while there he became interested in teaching photography and in 1914 he established the clarence h. white school of photography , the first educational institution in america to teach photography as art .
due to the demands of his teaching duties , his own photography declined and white produced little new work during the last decade of his life .
in 1925 he suffered a heart attack and died while teaching students in mexico city .
