Fort Macon, Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina
Photographs taken between 1935 and 1938 by Frances Benjamin Johnston
Photographs courtesy: Library of Congress,Canegie Survey of the Architecture of the South.
Photographs taken between 1935 and 1938 by Frances Benjamin Johnston
Photographs courtesy: Library of Congress,Canegie Survey of the Architecture of the South.
Once
called America's "court photographer" by Life magazine, Frances
Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) became famous doing both portraiture and
documentary photography. Fortunate to know many of the rich and famous
of her time, Johnston produced a body of work that serves as an
important historical document. A staunch feminist and independent
thinker, she campaigned to promote greater recognition of women
photographers in the United States. The stark documentary style she
brought to her most famous photographs would greatly influence the
emerging art of photography.An only child, Francis Benjamin Johnston was born in Grafton, West Virginia, in 1864 to affluent parents. She was raised in Washington, D.C. where her parents moved soon after she was born. In the nation's capitol, her parents were active in the high-ranking political and social circles, and their connections, particularly her mother's, would greatly benefit Johnston's education and subsequent career as a photographer. (Encyclopedia of World Biography) More at Wikipedia: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Abandoned in 1903, in 1924 a congressional act enabled the fort to be sold to the state for $1.00. It was restored from 1934–1935, and opened in 1936 as North Carolina’s first functioning state park.
