We Lead, Others Follow WOMEN AT THE HELM OF EARLY
from her older sister, Sarah Latimer,
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS in
who ran a successful photography
Albuquerque were tenacious. They
studio in Kansas. By 1883, she had
were determined to not only make their
arrived in Albuquerque and opened
mark through their success in business,
Mrs. Albright’s Art Parlor in New Town,
but also pass on their experience
building a high-society clientele, and
and knowledge to other women. The
training young women and men in the
earliest female photography mentor in
photography business. Mrs. Albright’s
Albuquerque was the artist and bold
work was recognizable and she traveled
business woman, Mrs. Franc Emma
extensively, becoming active in national
Luce Albright.
photography organizations. Her eye for
Mrs. Albright had an artistic
portraiture and her incredible artistry
talent that went beyond traditional
were matched with extraordinary
photography, learning the art of
business insight. She ran creative
painting and drawing from European
advertisements in newspapers extolling
artists who lived at her mother’s
the quality of her work. “We Lead,
boarding house in Wyoming Territory.
Others Follow” was one of her intrepid
She learned the art of photography
slogans. The next Photo Archives show, We Lead, Others Follow, opens March 6,
ON VIEW
2021. It showcases the photography of five female studio owners, including
WE LEAD, OTHERS FOLLOW
Mrs. Albright, who advanced the role of
Opening March 6, 2021
businesswomen through advocacy and mentorship in the first half of the 20th Century in Albuquerque.
Mrs. Franc Luce Emma Albright (1852, Pennsylvania – 1912, Albuquerque), Albright’s Art Parlor, Mrs. Mattie L. Eakin, ca. 1890, gelatin print cabinet card, Albuquerque Museum, gift of Simmons & Simmons Books, PA1998.011.017
View our Online Exhibitions Seven Generations of Red Power in New Mexico illuminates a history of resistance and its ongoing legacy in New Mexico. cabq.gov/seven-generations Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb presents artists’s responses to the first detonation of a nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Trinity explosion. cabq.gov/trinity Take a video tour of the Albuquerque Museum Sculpture Garden with Curator of Art Josie Lopez and view the works of art online. cabq.gov/sculpture-garden Unidentified Artist, ¡Viva la huelga!, 1965-1970, United Farm Workers, lithograph on paper, Albuquerque Museum, gift of Diane Palley, PC2020.34.151
AlbuquerqueMuseumFoundation.org
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