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Submission declined on 18 July 2024 by Netherzone ( talk). This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia. Encyclopedia articles need to be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established. If you still feel that this subject is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, please rewrite your submission to comply with these policies. This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject. Declined by Netherzone 17 days ago.

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• Comment: "known for taking photographs of the pre World War 1" makes no sense? Theroadislong ( talk) 06:18, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: Multiple issues mentioned by several editors and an admin on the talk page have not been addressed. Articles should summarize a selection of key events and works that are covered in depth by reliable sources; articles should not include every single minor thing in a persons life. Unresolved issues include excessive and unnecessary detail and bloat, WP:COATRACK; tone that inflates/exaggerates his alleged importance WP:PUFFERY; bloating of minor details, too many irrelevant examples and an excessive amount of namedropping WP:INDISCRIMINATE; refbombing, WP:REFBOMB; tone seems to promote the subject rather than summarize the key events in their life WP:MASK and WP:PROMO; use of hyperlocal sourcing WP:UNDUE. The draft needs to be seriously trimmed. The over-sized images should be re-scaled to MOS, and there should not be so many redundant images of buildings, Jo Mora, the community theater, and the chair photo, these have no encyclopedic value. Netherzone ( talk) 12:49, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: I note that the creator/submitter of this draft is blocked from the namespace (Article) with an expiration time of indefinite, but remains free to edit drafts. I invite him to edit this draft -- by pruning it, drastically.
  The draft has a "List of photographs". They're JPEGs, or at least the few I looked at are. Given their coloration, etc, I imagine that most are taken from vintage prints. Most are described as "5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)". If this is a description of the vintage print that the JPEG reproduces, then to say (elsewhere in the article) that "Josselyn employed 5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm) large-format glass plate negatives for photographing his images. Printing these negatives required a large-format enlarger." is odd at best: no enlargement was involved to create what were instead contact prints. As for "As a copyright notice, he often utilized a hand-operated embossing technique at the bottom edge, creating a raised relief on the printed photographs", I don't recall ever having seen this kind of detail in any article here on any photographer. The embossing certainly could be worth noting if there was an issue of distinguishing between genuine Josselyn prints and fake ones, but no such issue seems to be mentioned.
  I could point out other trivia, but shouldn't have to.
  The creator/submitter has written "All items above have been addressed." Not so. Please read, digest, and act on the first two sentences of Netherzone's comment.
  And a note for any reviewer thinking of "accepting" this as an article: before doing so, look at Draft talk:Lewis Josselyn and see if the issues raised there have yet been addressed in the draft itself. Hoary ( talk) 09:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: Since I was asked to comment, I think the puffy, promotional tone needs cleanup before we even start to think about anything else. Just reading through the lead, I see "well-known", "prominent", a fluffy pull quote, "significant"; later on "These images are important..." (let the reader decide what's important; don't editorialize about it), and on like that. I also, in a spot check of sources, see some questionable ones, and also what looks like misrepresentation of them (for example, this source ( [1]) is used for support of the assertion "Josselyn developed a new theory about stage lighting, which was "to paint with light...," yet the source states that a "Mr. Kuster" had already been talking about the "to paint with light" concept for some time, so it does not support (and in fact contradicts) the claim that Josselyn "developed" the idea or that it was "new".
  All told, I would oppose this going to mainspace in anything like this form. It would need to be carefully checked for other misrepresentations, and despite the reference bombing, I'm not sure notability is even reached here. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 19:41, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: Bloat, puffery, overly-detailed minutia and ref-bombing should be eliminated. An encyclopedia article should not be a compendium of every single bit of trivia in a person's life, it should summarize their most important life accomplishments. Dubious claims should be eliminated such as the assertion that he invented "painting with light", this technique was in fact invented in the 1880s for both scientific and art photography, and was used by many well known photographers before Josselyn's time. Name dropping does not support a person's notability; a biography should focus on the person themself. Netherzone ( talk) 18:26, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: @ Seraphimblade:, could you review, or temporarily make the deleted version visible again for the purpose of comparing to see if there's so others can see if notability has somehow changed since deletion? Graywalls ( talk) 17:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: (note for reviewers) this article was previously deleted via AfD community consensus at WP:Articles for deletion/Lewis Josselyn. Left guide ( talk) 00:26, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

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Lewis Josselyn
Josselyn c. 1920s
Born	(1883-09-13)September 13, 1883 San Diego, California, US
Died	March 14, 1964(1964-03-14) (aged 80) Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, US
Resting place	Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California
Education	Boston School of Fine Arts
Years active	1901-1955
Known for	Photography
Style	Monochrome photography
Spouse	Augustine Eugenie Richard ​ ​ ( m. 1920; died 1988)​
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Lewis Josselyn, (September 13, 1883 – March 14, 1964) was an American photographer. He is best known as the official photographer for the Forest Theater in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. His photographs can be found in permanent collections and publications.

Josselyn was born on September 13, 1883, in San Diego, California, to Massachusetts native parents, Charles Lewis Josselyn (1850–1917) and Alice R. Lamb. ^[1] He had two younger brothers, Albert and Windsor. He studied art and photography at the Boston School of Fine Arts (now School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts). ^{[2] [3]}

While in San Diego, Josselyn started his photography work. In 1914, he moved to the art colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea, where he was regarded as "one of the commercial photographers". ^{[2] [4]} He became the official photographer at Forest Theater in Carmel. ^[5] He took his first theater photographs in 1915 for a theatrical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, ^[6] and other plays including Treasure Island (1916), Inchling (1922), ^[7] Caesar and Cleopatra (1922), ^[8] and Hamlet (1926). ^[9] His works jas appeared and stored in California State Library, and Harrison Memorial Library.

During 1915, Josselyn was assistant stage manager for Helen Parke's play, The Columbine, ^[10] stage manager for a production of Weir of Hermiston, ^[11] stage manager and handled stage lighting for a production of Inchling in 1922. ^[12]

In May 1917, Josselyn and his brother Winsor left Carmel to enlist in the United States Army Medical Corps during the World War I. From 1917 to 1919 he served as Private first class on duty with Base Hospital in Nantes, France. He was stationed in the X-Ray department, where he photographed hospital scenes, and the American Expeditionary Forces. ^{[2] [13] [14]: p8  [15]} Josselyn took photographs of the Spanish missions in California, including The Plaza Mission Los Angeles (1915), ^{[16] [17]} Mission San Francisco Solano (1920), Mission San Antonio de Padua (1928), San Carlos Mission, ^[18] and the chamber where Junipero Serra is buried. ^[19]

Between August 9 and September 4, 1920, Josselyn and fellow photographer, Louis S. Slevin exhibited their photographs at the fourteenth annual exhibition by the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club. ^{[20] [21]} In 1926, he built his house and photographic studio. ^[14]

Josselyn took early pictures of the Monterey Peninsula, including images of the Lone Cypress in Pebble Beach and Point Lobos. One titled The View of Point Lobos, was featured in the Carmel Pine Cone on November 28, 1973. ^[22] In 2009, Michael Kenneth Hemp, wrote a book chronicling the history of Cannery Row, with photographs taken by Josselyn. These images feature scenes from the Point Lobos Canning Company (1916), abalone divers and shells (1916), a storm in Monterey Bay (1919), the Hotel Del Monte fire (1924), and a street scene along Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove (1932). ^{[23] [24]} He also captured the fire that destroyed the Associated Oil Company tanks on September 14, 1924. ^[25]

From the 1920s to the 1940s Josselyn took photographs of Jo Mora, a sculptor, artist, and writer in Pebble Beach. ^[26] Josselyn's images are featured in two of books, Peter Hiller's The Life and Times of Jo Mora: Iconic Artist of the American West, and Mary Murray's book Jo Mora Artist And Writer. In Jo Mora Artist And Writer, an early Josselyn photograph captures Mora with his sculptor The Poppy Nymph (1916), which was exhibited at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. ^{[27] [28] [26]}

Josselyn captured images of the Junípero Serra cenotaph, considered by Mora, to be the pinnacle of Mora's artistic achievements. ^[27]: p184 He photographed the unveiling ceremony of the Statue of Junípero Serra on the inaugural day of the Carmel Woods subdivision on July 22, 1922. ^{[29]: p4  [30]} In 1938, Josselyn assisted Mora in making and photographing a large Portolá expedition diorama depicting the discovery of San Francisco Bay by Gaspar de Portolá. ^{[26] [31]} Josselyn's photographs of Mora's artworks were shown in a Monterey History and Art Association exhibit from November 15, 2003 to February 29, 2004. ^[26]

Starting in 1924, Josselyn documented the initial activities of theatrical producer Edward G. Kuster's newly established Theatre of the Golden Bough. He photographed the opening of the theatre with productions of Mother of Gregory (1924), and The Princess Who Wouldn't Say Die (1924). His photographs depicted the auditorium with a stage spanning 38 ft (12 m), as well as the Court of the Golden Bough and portraits of the summer school's teaching staff from 1924. ^{[32] [33]} Josselyn photographed storefronts lining Kuster’s Court of the Golden Bough. Among these were the Carmel Weavers Studio (1922), Sade's (1924), and the Seven Arts Shop (1937). ^{[34] [35]} He documented the Theatre of the Golden Bough's destruction by fire on May 19, 1935. ^[29]

In 1925, Josselyn took photographs of Carmel poet Robinson Jeffers in front of his Hawk Tower, ^[36] which are part of the Robinson Jeffers Collection at the Occidental College. ^[37] One of Josselyn's portraits of Jeffers from the same year has been featured in various publications and is held in the archives of the Tor House Foundation. ^[38]

Josselyn's photographs depict the coastal town of Big Sur, featuring the Post Ranch House, the Big Creek Bridge (1932), the Big Sur maintenance yard, the Pheiffer's Ranch Resort, ^[39] and the construction of the Bixby Creek Bridge (1932). ^[29]: p147 He photographed the Bixby Creek Bridge on November 23, 1932, during its dedication and opening to the public. ^[39] He produced early photo postcards promoting the Monterey Bay Area, including views of the Bixby Creek Bridge on the Big Sur coast and construction of California Highway 1. ^[4] Josselyn also photographed the Steel Bridge over Garrapata Creek, north of Big Sur, as well as William Brainard Post's homestead (1920) near the area. ^[39] His photographs of the Big Sur region include Palo Colorado Canyon, California, Torres Canyon, the United States Forest Service ranger headquarters at Big Sur, Pico Blanco from the coastline, the Little Sur River, and Slates Hot Springs. ^[40]

Josselyn married Augustine Jeanne Richard (1896–1988), of Nantes ^[41] on February 24, 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. ^[42] Josselyn documented Paul Flanders Mansion, Outlands in Carmel-by-the-Sea, taken shortly after the mansion's completion in 1926. His photographs were integrated into the Historic American Buildings Survey, ^[43] included in the Monterey County's National Register of Historic Places listings, and featured in the National Park Service's digital assets gallery. ^[44]

Josselyn took photographs of the Abalone League, and both he and his wife participated in the league games. ^[45]

In April 1926, Josselyn embarked a two-week photographic expedition across the Mojave Desert and Death Valley in the Southwestern United States, ^[46] returning in May, accompanied by playwright John Northern Hilliard and others, to live among the Hopi and the Navajo peoples. ^[47]

Josselyn collaborated with western writer Frederick R. Bechdolt, serving as a photojournalist for stories published in The Saturday Evening Post. In November 1936, Josselyn illustrated Bechdolt's article Stampede, 1936 Model, about the modern gold rush to the hills northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada. ^[48] Similarly, in November 1941, Josselyn's photographs were featured in Bechdolt's article Uncle Sam Goes Prospecting, documenting their journey through a mining county. ^[49]Winnemu From 1932 to 1955, Josselyn worked with botanist and horticulturalist Lester Rowntree to capture images of California native plants for The Christian Science Monitor, ^[50] The National Horticultural Magazine, ^{[51] [52]} and Sunset Magazine. ^[53] His photographs also appeared in botanist Gilbert Morgan Smith's A textbook of general botany. ^[54]

Josselyn's work is held in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, ^[55] Monterey Museum of Art, ^[56] Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, ^[57] and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum. ^[58]

Josselyn died, from a stroke, on March 14, 1964, in his home in Carmel. ^{[2] [3]}

After Josselyn's death, his sister-in-law, Florence Josselyn, exhibited his Old Monterey photographs at Casa Serrano in Monterey in 1965. Many of the photographs were taken of buildings prior to their destruction or restoration. ^[59] In 1973, she exhibited his 1920s and 1930s photographs at the Marjorie Evans Gallery in the Sunset Center, presenting them under the title "The Carmel of Lewis Josselyn." ^[60]

On November 29, 1970, ^[16] Josselyn's widow donated about 3,000 original glass plates and film negatives, sized at 5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm), as well as original prints and his photographic equipment to photo archivist Pat Hathaway. ^{[17] [61]} Following Hathaway's death in 2021, Josselyn's collection of glass plates and film negatives were gifted to the Monterey County Historical Society in Salinas, California. ^[62]

This is a partial list of Josselyn's photographs.

Photograph	Title	Year	Dimensions	Collections
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	1915	5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)	California Digital Library
	Treasure Island: Tusitala	1916	5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)	California State Library
	Flavel steam schooner	1923	5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)	The San Francisco Maritime Museum's Research Center has a collection of Josselyn's photographs. [55]
	Caesar and Cleopatra	1922	5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)	Harrison Memorial Library [8]
	Carmel Mission	1919	5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)	Pat Hathaway Photo Collection [36]
	Carmel Summer School	1924	5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)	University of Michigan Library Special Collections Research Center has a collection of Josselyn's photographs of the Golden Bough Theatre productions. [32]
	Jeffers at Tor House	1925	5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)	Robinson Jeffers Collection at the Occidental College Library in Los Angeles, California. [37]
	Jarvis House	1920s	5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)	Art, Design & Architecture Museum [58]
	Home of old lady Allen	1920s	5 inches (130 mm) x 7 inches (180 mm)	MayoHayes O'Donnell Library [63]
	Carmel Mission, Viewed Through Tranquera	1931	10 inches (250 mm) x 13 inches (330 mm)	Center for Creative Photography, located on the University of Arizona, has two prints by Josselyn in there fine print collection. Both were posthumously printed by Hathaway and were gifted to CCP by Ansel and Virginia Adams. [64]

• List of American photographers
• Black-and-white

• Mautz, Carl (1997). Biographies of Western Photographers. Carl Mautz Publishing. p. 115. ISBN  9780962194078.
• Bostick, Daisy F.; Castelhun, Dorothea (1925). Carmel--At Work and Play. Seven arts.

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