Emmet Gowin began photographing in 1961 at
the Richmond Professional Institute, and went on to
graduate at the Rhode Island School of Design.
His prints have been exhibited widely at several museums and galleries throughout the
US. Gowin teaches photography at Princeton University
His books
include Emmet Gowin Photographs (1976) Emmet Gowin
Photographs (1966-1983) Petra (1986) and Emmet Gowin:
Aerial Photographs (1997)
America’s foremost photographers Gowin’s first
subjects were taken from his own world his wife,
children and extended family
"When we are young we
are self conscious, we think about what people think
about us. As artists, the more we think about our
audience and what we are trying to present, the less,
perhaps, we are in touch with the physicality of
experience..." Emmet Gowin
