Laton Alton Huffman Explained

Laton Alton Huffman (October 31, 1854 – February 28, 1931) was an American photographer^[1] of Frontier and Native American life. Born in Winneshiek County, Iowa, he spent most of his life photographing the area around his Montana home. Having initially worked at Fort Keogh, he started to sell prints of his glass plate negatives.^[2] In 1976, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.^[3]

Publications with contributions by Huffman

• The Frontier Years: L.A. Huffman, Photographer of the Plains. New York: Henry Holt, 1955.
• Before Barbed Wire.
• L.A. Huffman: Photographer of the American West. By Larry Len Peterson and with photographs by Huffman.
  • Missoula, MT: Mountain Press, 2005.
  • Missoula, MT: Mountain Press, 2013. . Revised third edition.
• The Collotypes of L.A. Huffman: Montana Frontier Photographer. Helena, MT: Riverbend, 2014. . By Gene and Bev Allen and with photographs by Huffman.

Collections

Huffman's work is held in the following public collections:

• J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA: 1 print (as of November 2018)^[4]
• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL: 22 prints (acquired 1975)^[5]

External links

• Fan website by Gene and Bev Allen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laton Alton Huffman. 27 July 2015 . .
2. Web site: Huffman, L. A. (Laton Alton), 1854-1931. University of Virginia Social Networks and Archival Context. July 27, 2015.
3. Web site: Hall of Great Westerners . National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum . November 22, 2019.
4. Web site: 2018-11-26. Laton Alton Huffman. SFMOMA.
5. News: 2019-02-08. Laton Alton Huffman. The Art Institute of Chicago .