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Lillian Baynes was the only daughter of John Baynes (1842–1903), a
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In 1915, Lillian offended leaders of the Camera Club of New York by refusing to deliver a message from one male member to another—the letter insulted its recipient as "a liar and traitor," she explained. The club administrators counter-accused her of keeping a messy studio and owing back dues, and
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In 1906, Lillian took up photography—given what she called “little opportunity for a woman to study photography professionally,” she learned techniques from other photographers. By 1908 she was estranged from Walter, who had stopped supporting her. She set up a studio in
Manhattan at 39 West 67th
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Griffins spent a few summers in Quebec City, running Walter's Summer Painting School. They mostly lived in Hartford, Conn., where Walter taught art, and they worked for the short-lived
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wrote, “Royalty and nobility have fallen in line before her lenses, and lords, lions and ladies of fashion have been placed in her private gallery.” Lillian also photographed nude dancers outdoors—
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