Emma Justine Farnsworth

Emma Justine Farnsworth (October 16, 1860–January 23, 1952) was an American photographer from Albany, New York known for her pictorialist photogravures and scenes illustrating children's literature.

Biography 
Born in New York, Farnsworth was the daughter of Civil War general, Jonathan Gosman Farnsworth, and Sara Visscher Gourlay.

Career 
Farnsworth had training in the arts. After receiving her first camera as a gift in 1890, she began photographing seriously within a few months. A member of The Camera Club of New York, Farnsworth's photographs were featured in In Arcadia, 1892, a book of figure studies accompanied by Classical verse, published by another member, George M. Allen. Her photographs were exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893). Before the end of the decade, she had been awarded almost 30 medals at various exhibitions in the world, and her work appeared frequently in the noted periodical Camera Notes, the journal of the Camera Club of New York, edited primarily by Alfred Stieglitz. Her photographs were also displayed at the Paris Exposition (1900). Her specialties were genre and figure studies, especially children and animals. Farnsworth exhibited internationally, and was included in the show, American Women Photographers, organized by Frances Benjamin Johnston, and presented at the Paris Exposition in 1900.

She died in Albany, New York, on January 23, 1952.

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Category:Artists from Albany, New York
Category:American women photographers
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