Paul Cava Fine Art Photographs | Vintage and ContemporArnold Genthe

(American 1869-1942) Genthe's work and studio—save for the Chinatown images that had been stored in a bank vault—were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. He published those early images in the 1909 book Pictures of Old Chinatown. After the fire, Genthe re-established his studio in San Francisco and in 1908 spent six months photographing in Japan. In 1911 he moved to New York, where he continued to work as a successful portrait and pioneering dance photographer. With New York as his new home base, Genthe also traveled and photographed throughout Europe and the United States.

Julia Marlow as Lady Macbeth (holding knife), ca. 1905, gelatin silver print, signed on the mount below the print, 9 1/2 x 5 1/2" , P.O.R.