Alvin Langdon Coburn
Alvin Langdon Coburn was born on June 11th, 1882 in Boston Massachusetts. When Coburn was only 8 years old, he was given his first camera. It was a 4 x 5 Kodak camera. He fell in love with the camera, and within a few years he
had developed a talent for both visual composition and
technical proficiency in the darkroom. By 1907, Coburn was considered to be "the greatest photographer in the world", and he was only 24 years old. By 1930 Coburn had lost almost all interest in photography. He decided
that his past had no use to him now, and over the summer he
destroyed nearly 15,000 glass and film negatives – almost his entire
life’s work. Ironically, just when he was making an
almost complete break from photography Coburn was elected Honorary
Fellow of the Royal Photograph Society. Alvin Langdon Coburn died in his home in North Wales on November 23, 1966 at the age of 84.
Alvin Langdon Coburn was born on June 11th, 1882 in Boston Massachusetts. When Coburn was only 8 years old, he was given his first camera. It was a 4 x 5 Kodak camera. He fell in love with the camera, and within a few years he
had developed a talent for both visual composition and
technical proficiency in the darkroom. By 1907, Coburn was considered to be "the greatest photographer in the world", and he was only 24 years old. By 1930 Coburn had lost almost all interest in photography. He decided
that his past had no use to him now, and over the summer he
destroyed nearly 15,000 glass and film negatives – almost his entire
life’s work. Ironically, just when he was making an
almost complete break from photography Coburn was elected Honorary
Fellow of the Royal Photograph Society. Alvin Langdon Coburn died in his home in North Wales on November 23, 1966 at the age of 84.
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