Alice Austen: Into the Light

2004 documentary by Pablo Helguera on the life and work of XIXth century Staten Island photographer Alice Austen.

One book has been published about photographer Alice Austen:

Alice’s World : The Life and Photography of an American Original,
Alice Austen, 1866-1952
Authored by lesbian photo researcher Ann Novotny
Devin-Adair Pub; Hardcover – November 1976
ISBN: 0856991287

Photographer and lesbian Alice Austen (1866 – 1952) lived and photographed life on Staten Island USA. Some of her prints depicts herself and her female friends. Those photos were printed for private purposes to be shared with a select group of women. In some of these pictures Alice is cross dressed in male clothes. In 1899 Austen met Gertrude Amelia Tate (ca 1871 – 1962) of Brooklyn, who was to be her long-time companion. Gertrude moved in with Alice at Clear Comfort in 1917 and they shared the house until Alice lost her house after the stock marked crash of 1929. Even though life forced them to live separately they were each others companions until Alice died in 1952.

Related Links

Richard Meyer – Alice Austen and the Secret History of Photography