Large rock formations are buffeted by waves, perhaps in one of Boston’s north shore communities of Marblehead or Gloucester.

Arthur Hammond: 1880-1962

Born in London, photographer Arthur Hammond arrived in America at Ellis Island on July 31, 1909 and quickly established his own studio in Natick Massachusetts by 1912- joining and exhibiting with the nearby Boston Camera Club. By 1920, he had authored the foundational book Pictorial Composition in Photography and became a leading voice for pictorialism in America through his position as associate editor of American Photography magazine from 1918-1949.