Biography of emmet gowin artist

American photographer (born )

Emmet Gowin (born ) is an American photographer.^[1][2][3][4] He first gained attention in the s 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. 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 plant life.^[6] At