Citation

Dimock G. History of Photography 2000; 24(1): 65-74.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000)

DOI

10.1080/03087298.2000.10443369

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In August 1924, Ramiel McGehee wrote to Edward Weston in Mexico City setting forth in explicit terms an opposition between the artist's calling and the norms of mainstream, American culture: The Puritan and the artist are, surely, incompatible- and it is useless to ask them to join forces. If only the Puritan will consent to leave the artist alone - as the artist leaves the Puritan alone - much good will be accomplished. But for the artist to bend his will to the Puritan would be to conunit suicide. © 2000 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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