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Darius Kinsey

Artist

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Photography

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None documented

9

Institutional Exhibitions

32

Works in Collection

64

Assets Indexed

6

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Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ902064 ULAN500022282

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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American Landscapes

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Photographs Before Surrealism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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The Photographer's Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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The Photographer and the American Landscape

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1963

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Forgotten Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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1 cross-verified · 5 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA· 93%
Death yearMoMA· 93%
DeceasedMoMA· 93%
NationalityMoMA· 93%
Primary mediumMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3110
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Darius Kinsey was an American photographer known for large-format landscape and industrial photography of the Pacific Northwest, particularly logging operations and mountain scenery in Washington and Oregon during the early twentieth century. Working with cumbersome view cameras and glass plate negatives, he documented the region's timber industry and natural topography with technical precision and compositional clarity. His archive comprises thousands of negatives that serve as a visual record of the landscape and labor practices of the era.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (32)

Cedar 20' Diameter, Washington

1940 · Gelatin silver print

14 3/16 × 19 7/16" (36.1 × 49.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Crescent Camp Number One, Timber Views Co., Seattle

Crescent Camp Number One, Timber Views Co., Seattle

1936 · Gelatin silver print

14 1/4 × 19 1/2" (36.2 × 49.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

English Camp, No. 11

English Camp, No. 11

1925 · Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1960

10 × 13 3/8" (25.4 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cherry Valley Timber Company, Camp 9, Stillwater, Washington

Cherry Valley Timber Company, Camp 9, Stillwater, Washington

1919 · Gelatin silver print

10 1/2 × 13 7/16" (26.7 × 34.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cedar

1916 · Gelatin silver print

10 × 13 3/8" (25.4 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A CLOSE VIEW SHOWING 15 CEDAR TREES

1913 · Gelatin silver print

10 1/4 × 13 1/2" (26 × 34.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Snapshot of fellers sawing down a seven-foot fir. Undercut is four feet from ground which means modern logging economy

Snapshot of fellers sawing down a seven-foot fir. Undercut is four feet from ground which means modern logging economy

1910 · Gelatin silver print

13 3/8 × 10 1/2" (33.9 × 26.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Train of logs on a horseshoe curve along the ragged mountain side - large logging camp at edge of woods in background

Train of logs on a horseshoe curve along the ragged mountain side - large logging camp at edge of woods in background

1910 · Gelatin silver print

10 5/8 × 13 5/8" (27 × 34.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Merril and Ring Logging Company, Pysht, Washington

Merril and Ring Logging Company, Pysht, Washington

1910 · Gelatin silver print

10 × 13 1/16" (25.4 × 33.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1910 · Gelatin silver print

13 7/16 × 10 1/2" (34.1 × 26.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1910 · Gelatin silver print

10 9/16 × 13 3/4" (26.8 × 35 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1910 · Gelatin silver print

13 11/16 × 10 13/16" (34.8 × 27.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1910 · Gelatin silver print

10 9/16 × 13 3/4" (26.9 × 34.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1910 · Gelatin silver print

10 5/8 × 13 3/4" (27 × 34.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1910 · Gelatin silver print

10 11/16 × 12" (27.1 × 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two nine-foot firs showing the stumps from which they were felled; bucker with saw, axe, etc. appearing on the scene

1909 · Gelatin silver print

10 3/16 × 13 1/4" (25.8 × 33.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Loggers and Big Cedar

1908 · Gelatin silver print

10 13/16 × 13 3/4" (27.5 × 35.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Felling a cedar 76 feet in circumference measured 1 1/2 feet from ground. Supposed to have been the largest tree in Washington

Felling a cedar 76 feet in circumference measured 1 1/2 feet from ground. Supposed to have been the largest tree in Washington

1906 · Gelatin silver print

13 7/16 × 10 7/16" (34.1 × 26.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Felling a Fir Tree 51 Feet in Circumference, Measured Four Feet from the Ground. From the Undercut to the Ground Is Ten Feet, Indicating Early-Day Logging

Felling a Fir Tree 51 Feet in Circumference, Measured Four Feet from the Ground. From the Undercut to the Ground Is Ten Feet, Indicating Early-Day Logging

1906 · Gelatin silver print

13 1/4 × 10 3/8" (33.7 × 26.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1906 · Gelatin silver print

10 1/4 × 13 1/4" (26 × 33.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Homesteader's Shake Cabin

Homesteader's Shake Cabin

1906 · Gelatin silver print

11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

HOMESTEADER'S SHAKE CABIN, WASHINGTON

1906 · Gelatin silver print

18 3/8 × 24" (46.7 × 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Felling a Fir Tree, 51 Feet in Circumference

1906 · Gelatin silver print

18 3/4 × 24" (47.6 × 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Florence Log Company

1905 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 10 1/8 × 13 1/4 in. (25.7 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (27.3 × 35.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

32 published of 64 catalogued · 32 with image

MoMA
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The Met
1 published
+ 1 more source · 1 catalogued, not yet published

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Collections2

Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art