Frances Benjamin Johnston: Bibliography & Resources
Books, documentaries, and scholarly resources
Books
The Hampton Album: 44 Photographs by Frances B. Johnston from an Album of Hampton Institute
The Museum of Modern Art's publication of selections from Johnston's Hampton Institute series, with an introduction and a note on the photographer by Lincoln Kirstein, which brought the album to wide attention.
A Talent for Detail: The Photographs of Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1889-1910
An illustrated study of Johnston's early career drawing on her Library of Congress papers, presenting her portraits and documentary work as both photographic art and a record of American life.
ISBN: 978-0517516423
The Woman Behind the Lens: The Life and Work of Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952
The first full-length biography of Johnston, illustrated with examples of her work and tracing the range of her career and her independent, unconventional character.
ISBN: 978-0813920092
Exhibition Catalogs
Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Hampton Album
The Museum of Modern Art's publication accompanying its renewed presentation of the Hampton Album, reproducing the series and reconsidering its history and meaning.