Laton Alton Huffman (October 31, 1854 – February 28, 1931) was an American photographer of

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and Native American life. Born in

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, he spent most of his life photographing the area around his Montana home. Having initially worked at

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, he started to sell prints of his glass plate negatives. In 1976, he was inducted into the

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of the

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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: *

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, Los Angeles, CA. *

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, San Francisco, CA: 1 print (as of November 2018) *

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, Chicago, IL: 22 prints (acquired 1975)

References

External links

Fan website by Gene and Bev Allen
* Photographers from Iowa People from Winneshiek County, Iowa 1854 births 1931 deaths 19th-century American photographers 20th-century American photographers 20th-century American male artists 19th-century American male artists {{US-photographer-stub