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Did you know... that Elfie Caroline Huntington(pictured) took photos of turn-of-the-century
Utah's darker side such as drunks and fights, while her husband Joseph Daniel Bagley was a portrait photographer?
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I left the following feedback for the creator/future reviewers while reviewing this article: Thank you for creating this article on a woman photographer. It was fascinating to learn about her. I added a section on some of the permanent collections that hold her work.
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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Hey,
NatalieEmma.BYU (and
Netherzone), neither your Source link nor the
Joseph Daniel Bagley article indicate that Bagley photographed Utah's darker side, so hook will have to be rewritten somewhat. The articles are interesting, so I applaud that. If you want help rewriting the hook, let me know by pinging me (or leave a usertalk message if you don't). Meanwhile I will check the other DYK parameters regarding these two articles.
Softlavender (
talk)
02:21, 25 May 2023 (UTC)reply
How about:
ALT1: ... that Elfie Caroline Huntington(pictured) took photos of turn-of-the-century Utah's darker side such as drunks and fights, while her husband Joseph Daniel Bagley was a portrait photographer?
Might also want to include Huntington's photo with the DYK, but if included it should be cropped vertically to remove the dead air at the top, so that the image works well with the small size of DYK.
NatalieEmma.BYU, I also note that in
this edit you falsified the text of the Source citation in order to justify your inclusion of Bagley. I have now corrected that. Going forward, please do not ever do that again in any part of Wikipedia. Wikipedia takes very unkindly toward people faking references.
Softlavender (
talk)
03:21, 26 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Softlavender I am very sorry. I did not mean to falsify any information. I added Bagley because they authored and published their photos together. My mistake. Thank you for all your help. I really appreciate it!
NatalieEmma.BYU (
talk)
18:44, 26 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Hi,
NatalieEmma.BYU, I have uploaded the current photo to the top of this DYK nomination, and added the word "(pictured)" to ALT1. If you want to upload a cropped version you can either just replace the file name (if it's a new file name), or add the new crop as an alternate DYK image as is done here
[1] at
Template:Did you know nominations/Plas Dinas. BTW it seems to me that if you are cropping out the extra space at the top you'll probably need to crop out the black borders as well ....
Softlavender (
talk)
23:37, 29 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Hi, I work with NatalieEmma.BYU in the BYU Library. I added the cropped image. It's making me wish I had time to do a little photoshopping to clean up that patch on her ear! I recently found out that we can easily access
the full resolution image, which NatalieEmma.BYU will be uploading as a new version to the original image later. Here is the old one, for reference:
Thanks for the ping,
Lightburst; I didn't have the Bagley article on my watchlist for some reason so I missed that development. I have now addressed that issue on the article's talkpage (feel free to assess and/or chime in), and have now removed the tag.
Softlavender (
talk)
21:58, 4 June 2023 (UTC)reply
ALT 2 ... in the early 20th century, Elfie Caroline Huntington's photographs were gender-bending and broke taboos, while her husband Joseph Daniel Bagley was a portrait photographer?
I'm less certain of the wording in this hook because the claim is inferred by the hook from a very brief generalization by the professor quoted in that article ("He said she was 'gender-bending and breaking taboos' as well as critiquing cultural ideals.") but he doesn't give any examples of "gender-bending" except for Huntington photographing herself cross-dressing. I don't think one single instance of gender-bending qualifies for the generalization made in this hook. It is true that she critiqued cultural ideals and social roles, but the hook makes an over-generalization not reflected in her full body of work. I suggest looking again at this good synopsis of her work and vision:
[2]. --
Softlavender (
talk)
06:31, 25 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Fair enough. What I find most fascinating is how fearless and courageous of a woman she was.
In rereading the synopsis from Dialogue Journal, these phrases stands out to me: she "had the courage to confront defects in society and in herself" and to go "beyond surface appearances", to expose the "dark side" of life [in Utah].
In other words, she was a risk-taking artist, which set her apart from most women photographers of the time, reminding me of someone like
Claude Cahun, which is why I suggested "gender-bending and broke taboos". I agree that may be a minority opinion of one professor.
I also think if "dark side" is used, it should be added in quotes, since some of her photos simply depicted reality, however
abject those realities were perceived within the local culture at the time. Just my too cents...
Netherzone (
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15:25, 25 May 2023 (UTC)reply
You two or other editors can decide on the hook, I contributed minimally to the article (adding the Collections section). I just happened to see the article on NPP, and found her interesting.
Netherzone (
talk)
15:10, 26 May 2023 (UTC)reply
"Source"/"Author"
Hi
NatalieEmma.BYU, please avoid anonymously using the words "source" or "author" on Wikipedia. Instead, name the source/document and/or author, and if relevant, the title of the author's work. For a sample attribution statement: "John Doe, in his book Utah Photographers, states that Huntington was redheaded, whereas the Utah historical record Utah Citizens 1900 - 1925 states that she had black hair, but Huntington's biographer Jesse James writes that she was blonde."
Softlavender (
talk)
00:31, 1 June 2023 (UTC)reply