Book Launch: Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen by Bonnie Yochelson

A NEW BOOK ON ALICE AUSTEN WITH BONNIE YOCHELSON

Book Launch: Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen by Bonnie Yochelson
June 6, 2024 | 6:30pm
Talks of the Town Lecture Series at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island, USA

Learn about new research and insights into the life and times of Staten Island’s famous Victorian era photographer.

Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen, is the forthcoming book on the life of Alice Austen (1866-1952). The book is co-authored by Bonnie Yochelson and Historic Richmond Town.

This book describes how a woman who grew up in the Gilded Age, when the term “lesbian” did not yet exist, challenged and conformed to the conservative ideals of Staten Island high society, and it deciphers the role photography played in her journey of self-discovery. Too Good to Get Married is the first in-depth study of Alice Austen since 1976. Historic Richmond Town is the steward of the Alice Austen Photograph Collection of 7,500 original prints and negatives.

About the Author

Bonnie Yochelson is an art historian and independent curator. Formerly Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Museum of the City of New York, she has published books and organized exhibitions on Berenice Abbott, Alfred Stieglitz and Jacob Riis, among others. In 2025, her book, Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen, which is co-authored by Historic Richmond Town, will be published by Fordham University Press.