Clarence Kennedy Angel (Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte, Florence) 1933 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Angel bearing Crown (Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte, Florence) 1933 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Lion Head supporting Angel (Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte, Florence) 1933 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Cornice (Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence) 1929 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Figure supporting Candelabrum (Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence) 11929 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Frieze (Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence) 1929 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Keystone of Arch (Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence) 1929 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Pilaster (Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence) 1929 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Pilaster Base (Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence) 1929 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Angel (Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia) 1932 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Angel Wing (Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia) 1932 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Foot of Christ the Redeemer (Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia) 1932 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Figure of Hope (Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia) 1932 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
Clarence Kennedy Figure of Hope - Veil and Wing (Cattedrale di San Zeno, Pistoia) 1932 gelatin silver print Princeton University Art Museum |
"Trained as both an art historian and a photographer, Clarence Kennedy (1892-1972) cautioned that "the photographer dare not allow himself to use the sculpture for spectacular effects of his own invention. . . . He is not creating something of his own."
He began to experiment with lighting and photographing sculpture while a student at the American School in Athens. Returning to the United States, he took a position in 1916 teaching art history at Smith College, where he remained for forty-four years. During this time Kennedy taught photography and made photographs, producing eight volumes of The History and Criticism of Sculpture to be used as teaching aids at Smith."
– from biographical notes at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles