Background
Jane Reece was born on June 18, 1868, in West Jefferson, Ohio, United States.
Jane Reece
1919
Jane Reece. Have Drowned My Glory in a Shallow Cup (Tina Modotti)
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Jane Reece was born on June 18, 1868, in West Jefferson, Ohio, United States.
Jane Reece set up her first studio in Dayton in 1904, where she devised a process of doing photographic silhouettes. In 1909 she traveled to New York and worked in the studio of Clarence White, returning to Dayton that same year to establish another studio, which she operated until 1917.
Between 1919 and 1923 Jane Reece traveled extensively, for a brief time setting up a studio in Paris. On returning to Dayton in 1924 she had a permanent studio built, which housed exhibits, concerts, and a music/dance studio. Jane Reece photographed until 1944 when dimming eyesight and loss of hearing caused her to stop.
An ardent experimenter with the tools and materials of the photographer's art, Jane Reece used a variety of papers - palladium, platinum, carbon, domestic chloride, linen, silk, even tissue. She was arduous in exploring the possibilities of controlling developers. She also experimented with the motion picture camera and in 1928 made an enlargement from 16mm film - unheard of at that time. In 1937 Jane Reece revived a technique she had developed early in her career which she called "camera cameos" (photographic silhouettes), some of which were printed on fabric.
Jane Reece received numerous awards and medals, among them: (in the U.S.) Cornell Camera Club, 1932; Photographers Association of America, 1907 & 1908; (in Germany) Amateur Photographers in Hamburg, 1911; Daguerre Memorial Institute, 1912 & 1913; (in England) Camera Club, 1929, London Salon of Photography, 1930; Photographic Society, 1927; (in Canada) M.A.A.A. Camera Club in Montreal, 1921 & 1922; International Exhibition at New Westminster, 1927; (in Spain) International Salon in Madrid, 1928 & 1930.
