The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographers 1885-1920

The remarkable Allen sisters of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Frances (1854-1941) and Mary (1859-1941), overcame challenges presented by their progressive deafness, gender and rural isolation to earn international recognition as two of the foremost American women photographers. Working within the Deerfield Arts and Crafts Movement, the Allen sisters created exquisite photographs for turn-of-the-century exhibitions and publications. Their compelling, idealized photographs of country scenes, romanticized figure and child studies, and exquisite landscapes of New England, Great Britain, and California, have now been painstakingly catalogued and celebrated in this book.The Allen Sisters, based largely on new or long-unseen material, is meticulously researched and well-written. Suzanne Flynt's illustrated biography is followed by 100 tritone plates and 40 duotone images.