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'Double Click,' the McLaughlin Twins Groundbreaking Photography

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Author Carol Kino will discuss the photography work of the McLaughlin twins and her book

Author Carol Kino will discuss the photography work of the McLaughlin twins and her book "Double Click" at East Hampton Library on August 22.” JACKSON KRULE

authorStaff Writer on Aug 16, 2024

The East Hampton Library will present “Double Click — The McLaughlin Twins and Their Groundbreaking Work in Magazine Photography,” the second summer offering of its Tom Twomey Series Lecture on Thursday, August 22, at 5 p.m. The program will be presented in the library’s Baldwin Family Lecture Room.

Film director Nina Rosenblum and author Carol Kino will share their work about the McLaughlin twins, Kathryn McLaughlin Abbe and Frances McLaughlin-Gill. The twins began their careers as photographers just before Pearl Harbor. Frances was the only female photographer in the Condé Nast Studio, shooting for Vogue and Glamour and the first woman to cover the Paris collections for Vogue. Kathryn worked for career-girl magazines, like Charm and Mademoiselle, which flourished in the 1940s. She later became a renowned photographer of children. The twins, who began visiting Montauk during the war, were part of the East End art community. Kathryn and her husband built one of the first summer cottages on the Old Montauk Highway.

Nina Rosenblum will open the event by sharing her short film on the sisters, “Twin Lenses,” followed by Carol Kino speaking about and showing pictures from her new book “Double Click,” which involved intensive original research in New York and on the East End. Nicole Straus will then moderate a discussion with Rosenblum and Kino about their works, the McLaughlin twins and the twins’ ties to the East End.

Carol Kino’s new book, “Double Click,” will be available for purchase and signing at the event. The lecture series was established in memory of the late Tom Twomey (1945 to 2014), the former Chairman of the Library’s Board of Managers.

Admission is free. Advanced reservations are requested but not required at easthamptonlibrary.org. Reservations may also be made at the library, by calling 631-324-0222 ext. 4 or by emailing andrea@easthamptonlibrary.org. East Hampton Library is at 159 Main Street in East Hampton.

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