“Carol Kino has interwoven a biography of the McLaughlins with an authoritative, detailed history of fashion, the art world and photography in midcentury New York.”
—The Wall Street Journal

 
 

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Susan Canavan, Waxman Literary Agency

Author - Carol Kino
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The McLaughlin twins were trailblazing female photographers, celebrated in their time as stars in their respective fields, but have largely been forgotten since. Here, in Double Click, author Carol Kino provides us with a fascinating window into the golden era of magazine photography and the first young women’s publications, bringing these two brilliant women and their remarkable accomplishments to vivid life. . . .

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Review Highlights

“A fascinating cultural history of mid-twentieth century publishing and fashion photography through the lives of two women photographers in this richly detailed biography. Kino demonstrates in light and elegant prose the important role that women played during the ‘Golden Age of Magazines’ and writes them back into the history of that time, painting a rich portrait of the rarified world of fashion and women’s magazines.” — Brooklyn Rail

“Carol Kino has interwoven a biography of the McLaughlins with an authoritative, detailed history of fashion, the art world and photography in midcentury New York.” — Moira Hodgson, The Wall Street Journal

“In this deeply researched and fascinating biography . . . Carol Kino explores the lives and all-too-short careers of both women as well as a lost age among some of the 20th century's most important creative forces.” — Town & Country

“Women today will identify with the story of the McLaughlin twins, and perhaps be surprised by how much they were able to achieve so many decades ago.” – Untapped New York

“[McLaughlin-Gill and Abbe] are captivating and uncanny. It’s hard to look away.” — The New York Times Book Review

“A monument to talent and creativity as much as it is to resiliency and determination...an essential read for anybody curious about the relationship between cultural history, journalism, and photography.” — Musée

“Engrossing … Kino paints a textured portrait of artists who came of age amid sea changes in magazine publishing and women’s cultural roles …Fashion, photography, and pop culture aficionados will be captivated.” — Publishers Weekly starred review

“Engaging … A colorful cultural history emerges from two eventful lives.” — Kirkus

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Stories & Interviews

“In Carol Kino's masterful biography, Double Click, which is our Footnotes selection for July, we enter the world of the twins, Frances and Kathryn, who were pioneering photographers in a heavily male-dominated field during the middle of the last century.”
An Interview with Historian Carol Kino about Double Click - Thessaly La Force, Margaux Footnotes

“Double Click charts a critical moment in the United States, bringing to the surface questions around aesthetics, technologies, and gender through the arc of the [McLaughlin] twins’ lives." — Art of Biography: Mary Gabriel and Carol Kino, Gagosian Quarterly

Sister Act: How the McLaughlin twins broke the glass ceiling of the male-dominated photography industry during the golden age of magazines – Air Mail

The Forgotten Twin Photographers Who Redefined Mid-Century Style: In the absorbing biography Double Click, Carol Kino reintroduces the public to Frances and Kathryn McLaughlin. — Tobias Carroll, InsideHook

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Advance Praise

“What makes Double Click such a revelation is Carol Kino’s precise and engaging narrative. An exquisitely intimate portrait of the McLaughlin sisters and their work, this is a beautiful biography, richly detailed and full of life. A remarkable accomplishment.” — Gilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil in the Grove

“Carol Kino’s Double Click is a fascinating, rich, and beautifully written tale of two twentieth century women photographers navigating a world of images that focused on women in front of the camera without encouraging them to step behind it. . . . Kino has written a story that is inspirational and thrilling. Double Click is a joy to read.” —Mary Gabriel, author of Ninth Street Women and Madonna: A Rebel Life

“With this double biography of the McLaughlin twins, Carol Kino has uncovered a fascinating slice of 20th century photography and magazine publishing…[she] reveals just what it took for the pair to thrive in a man’s world, using the story of their successes and their challenges to restore a pair of female creators to their rightful place in the pantheon.” —William Middleton, author of Paradise Now and Double Vision

“Carol Kino presents a lively, much-needed double biography of the female twin photographers whose careers flourished magnificently during wartime and who then had to adapt once the men came home. A unique, and uniquely female, window into the mid-twentieth-century art world in New York.” —Sherill Tippins, author of February House

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