{"product_id":"frances-benjamin-johnston-the-hampton-album-9781633450813","title":"Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Hampton Album","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComprised of 159 extraordinary platinum plates, Frances Benjamin Johnston's Hampton Album documents life at the Hampton Institute, marking a pivotal moment in this historically black university's history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrances Benjamin Johnston (American, 1864-1952), one of the first women in America to work as a professional photographer, was commissioned in 1899 to photograph the Hampton Institute, then a thirty-year-old institution dedicated to the practical and academic education of freed slaves and Native Americans. What became known as the \u003cem\u003eHampton Album\u003c\/em\u003e—comprised of 159 platinum plates exhibited in 1900 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris—is Johnston's signature work and has become a touchstone for contemporary historians and artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe leather-bound album was discovered serendipitously by Lincoln Kirstein in a Washington, D.C. bookstore during World War II and donated to MoMA in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424175046892,"sku":"9781633450813","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781633450813.jpg?v=1774769020","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/frances-benjamin-johnston-the-hampton-album-9781633450813","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}