# Wayne Albee

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**Wayne Clinton Albee** (1882–1937) was an American [pictorialist](/source/Pictorialist) photographer, best known for his portraits of dancers such as ballerina [Anna Pavlova](/source/Anna_Pavlova), Adoplh Bolm of the [Ballets Russes](/source/Ballets_Russes), and early [modern dance](/source/Modern_dance) pioneers [Doris Humphrey](/source/Doris_Humphrey), [Ted Shawn](/source/Ted_Shawn), and [Ruth St. Denis](/source/Ruth_St._Denis).[1]

Albee got his start at age sixteen, working in a photographic supply shop owned by [Byron Harmon](/source/Byron_Harmon).[2][3] He went on to work for McBride Studios with business partner [Ella E. McBride](/source/Ella_E._McBride). She soon become a well-known photographer in her own right, and credited Albee's influence with inspiring her to learn to take her own photographs. He also was an early mentor to the Japanese American photographers [Frank Kunishige](/source/Frank_Kunishige) and [Soichi Sunami](/source/Soichi_Sunami), who assisted him at McBride Studios.[4]

He was an informal advisor to the [Seattle Camera Club](/source/Seattle_Camera_Club), and he also served for many years as the chief judge at the [Frederick & Nelson](/source/Frederick_%26_Nelson) art salons.[5]

## References

1. Seattle Camera Club. ["Wayne Albee"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170224223103/http://seattlecameraclub.com/wayne_albee.html). Archived from [the original](http://seattlecameraclub.com/wayne_albee.html) on 2017-02-24. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

1. Peterson, Christian A. ["Wayne Albee"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201021194905/https://emuseum.ringling.org/emuseum/people/31/wayne-albee). Archived from [the original](https://emuseum.ringling.org/emuseum/people/31/wayne-albee) on October 21, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

1. Peterson, Christian A. *Pictorial Photography at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts*

1. ["Wayne Albee photographs, circa 1920"](http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv14486). Retrieved March 13, 2019.

1. Bromberg, Nicolette. ["Preserving a Legacy of Light and Shadow: Iwao Matsushita, Kyo Koike, and the Seattle Camera Club"](http://content.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/shadows/index.html)

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