{"product_id":"frances-benjamin-johnston-the-hampton-album","title":"Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Hampton Album","description":"\u003cb\u003eComprised of 159 extraordinary platinum plates, Frances Benjamin  Johnston's  Hampton Album  documents life at the Hampton  Institute marking a pivotal moment in this historically black  university's history\u003c\/b\u003e .\n\nFrances Benjamin Johnston (American, 1864-1952), one of the first women in America  to work as a professional photographer, was commissioned in 1899 to photograph  the Hampton Institute, then a thirty year old institution dedicated to the practical  and academic education of freed slaves and Native Americans. What became known  as the Hampton Album - comprised of 159 platinum plates exhibited in 1900 at  the Exposition Universelle in Paris - is Johnston's signature work, and has become  a touchstone for contemporary historians and artists. The leather-bound album was  discovered serendipitously by Lincoln Kirstein in a Washington, D.C. bookstore during  World War II and donated to MoMA in 1965.","brand":"The Museum of Modern Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664207581220,"sku":"9781633450813","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781633450813.jpg?v=1777351539","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/frances-benjamin-johnston-the-hampton-album","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}