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Harris & Ewing was founded in 1905 by George W. Harris and Martha Ewing at 1313 F Street NW in Washington, D.C. Ewing financed the studio and managed its operations, while Harris served as the primary photographer.
In 1908, Harris & Ewing produced The Anatomy of a Smile, a series of candid photographs showing William Howard Taft receiving news by telephone of his presidential nomination. The series made the studio widely known.
At its peak in the late 1930s, Harris & Ewing was the largest photographic studio in the United States. It operated five studios, employed 120 people, and ran a news photo service using large numbers of freelance photographers.
On his retirement in 1955, George W. Harris donated approximately 700,000 glass and film negatives to the Library of Congress, where they are preserved as the Harris & Ewing Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division. Additional photographs are held by the City Museum of Washington, D.C., the National Portrait Gallery, and the Newseum.
Harris & Ewing closed in 1977. George W. Harris died in 1964 at the age of 92, having retired from photography in 1955.
The Professional Photographers of America named its highest award after George W. Harris of Harris & Ewing.