See the Work
Where to experience Frances Benjamin Johnston's photographs in person, and resources to learn more
Permanent Collections
Institutions holding Frances Benjamin Johnston's original prints and negatives, plus the public-domain archive these images are drawn from.
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
The Prints & Photographs Division holds the FSA/OWI collection — thousands of Frances Benjamin Johnston's Depression-era photographs. All are in the public domain and available online.
Browse OnlineLibrary of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Holds the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, comprising tens of thousands of her negatives, prints, and papers, including the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South; items carry no known restrictions on publication.
Learn MoreMuseum of Modern Art
New York City
Holds an album of prints from Johnston's Hampton Institute series, donated by Lincoln Kirstein, which formed the basis of its 1966 and 2019 presentations.
Learn MoreMajor Exhibitions
Notable retrospectives and exhibitions of Frances Benjamin Johnston's work.
Exhibition of Photographs by American Women
Exposition Universelle, Paris
An exhibition of work by twenty-eight American women photographers organized by Johnston and shown in connection with the 1900 Paris exposition.
The Hampton Album
Museum of Modern Art, New York
MoMA's presentation of original platinum prints from Johnston's Hampton Institute series, with an accompanying publication introduced by Lincoln Kirstein.
Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Hampton Album
Museum of Modern Art, New York
A renewed MoMA presentation of the Hampton Album, revisiting the series and its complex history of representation.
Books & Films About Frances Benjamin Johnston
Essential resources for understanding Frances Benjamin Johnston's life and work.
Essential Reading
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.
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.
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.
Films & Other Resources
The Museum of Modern Art's publication accompanying its renewed presentation of the Hampton Album, reproducing the series and reconsidering its history and meaning.
Online Resources
Explore the Archive
Browse 680 Frances Benjamin Johnston photographs from the Library of Congress.
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