Gowin’s talk will feature his new book, Baldwin Street, the street in Danville, Virginia, where his wife, Edith, was born and grew up
Emmet Gowin, world-renowned American photographer and professor emeritus of photography at Princeton University, will speak about In Praise of Things We All See at the Newtown Quaker Meetinghouse, 219 Court Street, at 9:45 a.m. on November 8. Following the presentation there will be worship in the manner of Friends at 11:00 a.m.
Gowin’s talk will focus on his new book, Baldwin Street. That’s the name of the street in Danville, Virginia, where his wife, Edith, was born and grew up. Gowin said, “Of course, this is a photography book, but there is a small amount of text. I will try to introduce quickly a few early images and inspirations.”
Emmet Gowin’s many books include The One Hundred Circle Farm, The Nevada Test Site, and Petra.The latter is a book about the ancient city in Jordan to which Emmet was invited by a former student of his, Queen Noor of Jordan,.
His photographs are in the collections of major museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Morgan Library and Museum, and the Tokyo Museum of Art.
Emmet Gowin is a graduate of Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth University).and the got his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design.
Among the awards Emmet has received are a Guggenheim Fellowship ,,two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships,the Pew Fellowship in the Arts,the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University, and, the Princeton Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities
A student of Emmet once said, “Photography, with Emmet, became the study of everything.”[6]
Newtown Friends Meeting, co-founded by the Quaker artist and minister, Edward Hicks, in 1815, holds services every First Day (Sunday). First Day classes for children and adults are at 9:45 a.m. and Meeting for Worship is at 11:00 a.m. Professional childcare is provided.All meetings are open to the public and visitors are warmly welcomed.