Article: Coleman Dowell.

The two gelatin silver portraits of Coleman Dowell in the Carl Van Vechten collection at the Library of Congress communicate the striking contrasts that defined Dowell's life and art. The first photograph shows Dowell in profile, draped in the robes of a scholar, an innocent schoolboy seated against a background of vibrant fabric patterns. The second image reveals a more confident attitude, that of a business executive in a suit and tie, looking squarely into the camera. In both photographs Van Vechten emphasizes the chiseled features that allowed Dowell to support himself as a model when he first came to New York in 1949 in search of a literary career. If the two images ...

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