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'''Ewing Galloway''' (1881{{spaced ndash}}June 26, 1953) was an American ]. He owned a ] agency that provided works focused around the ] and ]. The Ewing Galloway Agency was, at the time, the largest photography agency in the United States.<ref name=KNE>{{cite news|title=Ewing Galloway Dies of Injury|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l-UrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xmUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1094%2C3789767|accessdate=4 June 2013|newspaper=Kentucky New Era|date=29 June 1953}}</ref> | ||
| ==Early life and career== | ==Early life and career== | ||
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| ⚫ | After working at ''Literary Digest'', he started working for '']''. He came their photography editor. After ''Collier's'', he worked for ]. Galloway started his own ] company; the Ewing Galloway Agency. It opened in 1920 in New York City. It was located on ].<ref name=SUL1/><ref name="WDL"/> He acquired 8,000 photographs in 1925. The photographs consisted of content focused around Asia and Africa.<ref name="WDL"/> Galloway also had images related to ]s and], ] and the ].<ref name=SUL1>{{cite web|title=Ewing Galloway Collection of Photographs|url=http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/g/galloway_e.htm|work=Special Collections Research Center|publisher=Syracuse University Library|accessdate=4 June 2013}}</ref> He sold photographs to ]s, books and magazines.<ref name="WDL">{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/437/ |title = Temple of Heaven, Seoul, Korea |website = ] |date = 1925 |accessdate = 2013-06-04 }}</ref> | ||
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| ⚫ | Galloway started his own ] company; the Ewing Galloway Agency. It opened in 1920 in New York City. It was located on ].<ref name=SUL1/><ref name="WDL"/> He acquired 8,000 photographs in 1925. The photographs consisted of content focused around |
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| Galloway opened up satellite offices in ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name=SUL1/> His studios trained photographers. Hired photographers included ] and Maclean Dameron.<ref name=SUL1/><ref name="WDL"/> His business would be considered the largest photography agency in the United States at the time.<ref name=KNE/> | Galloway opened up satellite offices in ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name=SUL1/> His studios trained photographers. Hired photographers included ] and Maclean Dameron.<ref name=SUL1/><ref name="WDL"/> His business would be considered the largest photography agency in the United States at the time.<ref name=KNE/> | ||
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Ewing Galloway (1881 – June 26, 1953) was an American journalist. He owned a photography agency that provided works focused around the economy and transportation. The Ewing Galloway Agency was, at the time, the largest photography agency in the United States.
Early life and career
Ewing Galloway grew up in Little Dixie, Kentucky. He first worked as a lawyer in Henderson County, Kentucky. To become a lawyer, he passed the bar examination in 1905. He was prosecutor for the city of Henderson, Kentucky. He also worked for the Henderson Gleaner. He became more interested in journalism due to his work at the Gleaner. He relocated to New York City. He took a journalism course at Columbia University. He left New York. He ended up working in the Midwestern United States and Hawaii. He moved back to Kentucky and worked for the Henderson Gleaner again as an intern. He moved back to New York. He worked for Literary Digest as an assistant editor.
Photography career
After working at Literary Digest, he started working for Collier's. He came their photography editor. After Collier's, he worked for Underwood & Underwood. Galloway started his own stock photography company; the Ewing Galloway Agency. It opened in 1920 in New York City. It was located on 28th Street. He acquired 8,000 photographs in 1925. The photographs consisted of content focused around Asia and Africa. Galloway also had images related to Indigenous peoples of North Americas and[Europe. His work was focused around transportation, commerce and the economy. He sold photographs to encyclopedias, books and magazines.
Galloway opened up satellite offices in Detroit, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, London, Amsterdam, and Berlin. His studios trained photographers. Hired photographers included Burton Holmes and Maclean Dameron. His business would be considered the largest photography agency in the United States at the time.
Later life and legacy
When he was older, Galloway lived mainly in Henderson, Kentucky. He owned a farm there. He volunteered in the community. He also wrote a column in Kentucky newspapers. It was called "Kentucky on the March." He was a freemason. On June 18, Galloway was heading to a baseball game in a taxi. He was in a car accident. He died June 26 from complications sustained during the accident.
Photographs from Galloway's collection reside in the Library of Congress within the Frank G. Carpenter collection. Syracuse University Library houses the Ewing Galloway Collection of Photographs. That collection totals over 400,000 images. Ewing Galloway, Inc. continues to maintain economic branch of the collection. In 2007, the Kresge Art Museum put together a retrospective exhibition of Galloway photographs.
References
- ^ "Ewing Galloway Dies of Injury". Kentucky New Era. 29 June 1953. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Ewing Galloway Collection of Photographs". Special Collections Research Center. Syracuse University Library. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Temple of Heaven, Seoul, Korea". World Digital Library. 1925. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
- "Working America: Photographs from the Ewing Galloway Agency". Exhibitions. Michigan State University. Retrieved 4 June 2013.