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B.C. Binning
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The reclusive photographer George Henry Seeley (1880-1955) spent virtually his entire life in his native Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Unlike many of his peers, he sought neither notoriety nor public adulation. His only extended absence was during his enrollment in the Massachusetts Normal Art School in Boston, where he briefly studied painting and modeling. Seeley devoted himself to photography and painting however, and went on to be considered one of the key Pictorialists of his generation. Seeley was said to have begun experimenting with photography in 1902 when he visited the studio of F. Holland Day, who encouraged him in this pursuit. The following year he received several substantial awards from Photo-Era magazine. In 1904 his 14 prints shown at the First American Salon in New York drew considerable praise, notably that of Alvin Langdon Coburn who is believed to have introduced Seeley’s work to Alfred Stieglitz who, in turn, invited Seeley to join the Photo-Secession and the Salon Club of America.
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