Darius Kinsey (1869–1945) was a prominent American photographer active in western Washington state from 1890 to 1940. He is best known for his large-format images documenting the logging industry and old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Maryville, Missouri, Kinsey moved to Snoqualmie, Washington, at age 20 and began his career as an itinerant photographer before establishing a studio with his wife, Tabitha May Pritts, in Sedro-Woolley. In 1906, they moved to Seattle, where Kinsey focused on industrial photography of lumber operations and scenic landscapes. He utilized an 11" x 14" Empire State view camera and transitioned from glass plates to film in 1914. After a fall in 1940 forced him to retire, he spent his final years organizing his extensive archive of negatives. His major collection is held by the Whatcom Museum.[1,2]
Kinsey Photographer: The Locomotive Portraits1988 · Chronicle Books · book · EnglishISBN 0877015589Volume 3 of the series documenting Kinsey's work.
References
Dave Bohn; Rodolfo Petschek. Kinsey, Photographer: A half century of negatives by Darius and Tabitha May Kinsey/Volume 3 :The Locomotive Portraits. Chronicle Books. 1984
Darius Kinsey. Kinsey Brothers Photographs of the Lumber Industry and the Pacific Northwest, ca. 1890-1945. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections link
