Photographer. Theodore Fonville Winans was an American photographer who documented the people and places of South Louisiana in the early 20th century. He is best known for his black-and-white images of the state's rugged outdoors, swamp dwellers, and historic plantations, cathedrals, and churches. He was born on August 22, 1911, in Mexico, Missouri, and spent part of his childhood in Fort Worth, Texas. As a senior in high school, he purchased his first camera, a Kodak 3A model. In 1928, Fonville moved to Louisiana to work in construction and fell in love with the state. He began photographing the state's southern swamps and grassy coastal wetlands, as well as the people who inhabited them, most notably the Cajuns. Multiple books have been published documenting his work, and his original photographs have become highly collectible, selling for thousands of dollars at auction houses throughout the South. In 1999, his studio was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Photographer. Theodore Fonville Winans was an American photographer who documented the people and places of South Louisiana in the early 20th century. He is best known for his black-and-white images of the state's rugged outdoors, swamp dwellers, and historic plantations, cathedrals, and churches. He was born on August 22, 1911, in Mexico, Missouri, and spent part of his childhood in Fort Worth, Texas. As a senior in high school, he purchased his first camera, a Kodak 3A model. In 1928, Fonville moved to Louisiana to work in construction and fell in love with the state. He began photographing the state's southern swamps and grassy coastal wetlands, as well as the people who inhabited them, most notably the Cajuns. Multiple books have been published documenting his work, and his original photographs have become highly collectible, selling for thousands of dollars at auction houses throughout the South. In 1999, his studio was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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