PART OF NEW MEXICO'S LITERARY HERITAGE FOR SEVENTY YEARS
Ernest Knee in New Mexico
Photographs, 1930s-1940s
Ernest Knee (1907-1982) was a gifted photographer and Howard Hughes' personal photographer. Knee first visited Santa Fe in 1931 and soon set up a darkroom on Camino del Monte. He became friends with many artists and photographers of his time, including Edward Weston, Gustave Baumann, Ansel Adams, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Laura Gilpin.
