Gowin biography
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Emmet Gowin
American photographer (born 1941)
Emmet Gowin | |
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| Born | Emmet Gowin 1941 Danville, Virginia, US |
| Known for | Photography |
| Spouse | Edith Morris |
Emmet Gowin (born 1941) is an American photographer.[1][2][3][4] He first gained attention in the 1970s with his intimate portraits of his wife, Edith, and her family.
Later he turned his attention to the landscapes of the American West, taking aerial photographs of places that had been changed by humans or nature, including the Hanford Site, Mount St. Helens, and the Nevada Test Site.
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Gowin taught at Princeton University for more than 35 years.
Life and career
Gowin was born in Danville, Virginia. His father, Emmet Sr., was a Methodist minister and his Quaker mother played the organ in church.[5] When he was two his family moved to Chincoteague Island, where he spent much of his free time in the marshes around their home drawing animals and pla