Fonville winans biography of abraham lincoln

Theodore Fonville Winans (August 22, 1911 – September 13, 1992)^[1] was an American photographer whose black-and-white images documented south Louisiana people and places.

He established a successful practice as a wedding and portrait photographer, but is best known for his images of south Louisiana's rugged outdoors, and its fishermen and swamp dwellers.

Fonville winans biography of abraham lincoln

Early Cajun Images

Fonville was born on in Mexico, Missouri^[1] and spent part of his childhood in Fort Worth, Texas, where, as a senior in high school, he purchased his first camera, a Kodak 3A model.

Armed with this camera, Fonville shortly won $15 in a photography contest, which stirred his interest in pursuing photography as a career.

In 1928, Fonville moved to Louisiana to work in construction, and it was during this time that he fell in love with the state.

Fonville began photographing the state's southern swamps and grassy coastal wetlands, as well as the people who inhabited t