Alvin Langdon Coburn

British Photographer · 1882–1966

87 works on LinkedCulture

An eighth-birthday gift of a Kodak camera launched Alvin Langdon Coburn's photographic career. At about age sixteen, he came under the tutelage of his cousin, the publisher and photographer F. Holland Day; Coburn in turn taught Day how to print his own images and assisted him in hanging the landmark exhibition, "The New School of American Pictorial Photography." Coburn later worked in Gertrude Käs

Works

Aber Glaslyn

Aber Glaslyn

Getty Museum · 1920

A Harlech Street

A Harlech Street

Getty Museum · 1920

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Getty Museum · negative May 19, 1922; print 1922

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang

Getty Museum · negative August 27, 1904; print 1913

Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett

Getty Museum · negative February 1, 1913; print 1913

Arthur Symons

Arthur Symons

Getty Museum · negative September 22, 1906; print 1913

[A Tree in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh]

[A Tree in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh]

Getty Museum · 1905

Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin

Getty Museum · negative April 21, 1906; print 1913

Big Ben

Big Ben

Getty Museum · 1914

Charles Shannon

Charles Shannon

Getty Museum · negative February 5, 1907; print 1913

Clarence H. White

Clarence H. White

Getty Museum · negative October 20, 1912; print 1913

Clouds and The Castle

Clouds and The Castle

Getty Museum · 1920

Compton Mackenzie

Compton Mackenzie

Getty Museum · negative November 6, 1914; print 1922

Criccieth

Criccieth

Getty Museum · 1920

D. Lloyd George

D. Lloyd George

Getty Museum · negative August 25, 1918; print 1922

Edward Carpenter

Edward Carpenter

Getty Museum · negative November 28, 1905; print 1913

Frank Brangwyn

Frank Brangwyn

Getty Museum · negative September 8, 1904; print 1913

[George Bernard Shaw]

[George Bernard Shaw]

Getty Museum · negative August 1, 1904; print 1913

George Meredith

George Meredith

Getty Museum · negative October 24, 1904; print 1913

George Moore

George Moore

Getty Museum · negative January 23, 1908; print 1913

G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton

Getty Museum · negative August 12, 1904; print 1913

Grand Canal, Venice

Grand Canal, Venice

Getty Museum · 1908

Harlech Castle From The Rock

Harlech Castle From The Rock

Getty Museum · 1920

Harlech Castle From The West

Harlech Castle From The West

Getty Museum · 1920

Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

Getty Museum · negative May 13, 1913; print 1913

Henry James

Henry James

Getty Museum · negative June 12, 1906; print 1913

Herbert Trench

Herbert Trench

Getty Museum · negative January 2, 1910; print 1913

H. Granville Barker

H. Granville Barker

Getty Museum · negative March 27, 1906; print 1913

H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells

Getty Museum · negative November 2, 1905; print 1913

Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc

Getty Museum · negative January 20, 1908; print 1913

In the Valley of the Artro

In the Valley of the Artro

Getty Museum · 1920

Israel Zangwill

Israel Zangwill

Getty Museum · negative December 30, 1913; print 1922

J.M.Barrie

J.M.Barrie

Getty Museum · negative October 18, 1909; print 1913

John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy

Getty Museum · negative October 18, 1909; print 1913

John Masefield

John Masefield

Getty Museum · negative January 13, 1913; print 1913

John S. Sargent

John S. Sargent

Getty Museum · negative January 12, 1907; print 1913

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

Getty Museum · negative March 11, 1916; print 1922

[Leicester Square, London, England]

[Leicester Square, London, England]

Getty Museum · 1906

[Linen on Clothespole Flaps Against Funeral Sculpture]

[Linen on Clothespole Flaps Against Funeral Sculpture]

Getty Museum · 1905

Llanfair

Llanfair

Getty Museum · 1920

Llyn Cwmbychan

Llyn Cwmbychan

Getty Museum · 1920

Llyn Tecwyn

Llyn Tecwyn

Getty Museum · 1920

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Getty Museum · negative December 21, 1908; print 1913

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Getty Museum · negative December 21, 1908; print 1913

Max Beerbohm

Max Beerbohm

Getty Museum · negative January 15, 1908; print 1913

Max Weber

Max Weber

Getty Museum · negative February 7, 1911; print 1913

Men of Mark

Men of Mark

Getty Museum · negative January 23, 1908; print 1913

Mochras or Shell Island

Mochras or Shell Island

Getty Museum · 1920

Moor Park. Rickmansworth. A Series of Photographs by...With an Introduction by Lady Ebury.

Moor Park. Rickmansworth. A Series of Photographs by...With an Introduction by Lady Ebury.

Getty Museum · 1915

More Men of Mark.

More Men of Mark.

Getty Museum · 1922

Nant Ffrancon

Nant Ffrancon

Getty Museum · 1920

[Ocean Park, California]

[Ocean Park, California]

Getty Museum · 1911

Parliament From the River

Parliament From the River

Getty Museum · 1914

Reverend R.J. Campbell

Reverend R.J. Campbell

Getty Museum · negative June 9, 1914; print 1922

Robert Bridges

Robert Bridges

Getty Museum · negative April 11, 1913; print 1913

Roger Fry

Roger Fry

Getty Museum · negative February 27, 1913; print 1913

Snowdon From Nant Gwynant

Snowdon From Nant Gwynant

Getty Museum · 1920

St. Paul's From Bankside

St. Paul's From Bankside

Getty Museum · 1914

St. Paul's From the Foot of Its Hill

St. Paul's From the Foot of Its Hill

Getty Museum · 1914

Swondon From Moel-y-Senigl

Swondon From Moel-y-Senigl

Getty Museum · 1920

The Book of Harlech.

The Book of Harlech.

Getty Museum · 1920

The Castle From Above

The Castle From Above

Getty Museum · 1920

The Embankment

The Embankment

Getty Museum · 1914

The Flat-Iron

The Flat-Iron

Getty Museum · negative 1909; print 1910

[The Flat Iron Building, New York City]

[The Flat Iron Building, New York City]

Getty Museum · negative 1910; print 1913

The Golf Club

The Golf Club

Getty Museum · 1920

The House from The Pleasure Garden

The House from The Pleasure Garden

Getty Museum · 1915

The Mansion House

The Mansion House

Getty Museum · 1914

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Getty Museum · negative April 1, 1907; print 1913

[The Queensboro Bridge, New York]

[The Queensboro Bridge, New York]

Getty Museum · 1912

The Roman Steps

The Roman Steps

Getty Museum · 1920

The Sands

The Sands

Getty Museum · 1920

The St. David's Hotel

The St. David's Hotel

Getty Museum · 1920

The Sundial

The Sundial

Getty Museum · 1915

The Temple

The Temple

Getty Museum · 1914

The Thames

The Thames

Getty Museum · 1914

The Tower

The Tower

Getty Museum · 1914

W.D. Howells

W.D. Howells

Getty Museum · negative November 22, 1910; print 1913

Wernfawr

Wernfawr

Getty Museum · 1920

Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge

Getty Museum · 1914

William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats

Getty Museum · negative January 24, 1908; print 1913

William De Morgan

William De Morgan

Getty Museum · negative July 21, 1908; print 1913

William Nicholson

William Nicholson

Getty Museum · negative February 3, 1908; print 1913

William Orpen

William Orpen

Getty Museum · negative January 14, 1908; print 1913

[Williamsburg Bridge, New York City]

[Williamsburg Bridge, New York City]

Getty Museum · 1909

Yew Trees

Yew Trees

Getty Museum · 1915

Yoné Noguchi

Yoné Noguchi

Getty Museum · negative December 14, 1913; print 1922