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Drip art

"Drops of Rain' (detail, platinum print), by Clarence H. White, in the show "Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895-1925,'' at the Portland Museum of Art. 

The exhibition is the first in over  40  years to examine the work of White (1871⎻1925), a gifted photographer and founding member of the Photo⎻Secession. It aims to examine the scope of his artistic career, from its beginnings, in  Newark, Ohio, to its end, in Mexico