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The camera went along for the ride, often in the hands of one of Mathew B. Brady’s and Alexander Gardner’s well-trained field photographers such as Timothy H. O’Sullivan (1840–1882) (1986.1054.19).
Jun 13, 2022 · In the 1860s and 1870s, photographer Timothy O'Sullivan created some of the best-known images of American West frontier. A must-see photo collection.
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This digital collection assembles many of the earliest and most important historical photographs representing the exploration of the American west. The majority of these holdings came to the Library in the 19th century as contemporary works illustrated with original photographic prints, or as print portfolios.
With the birth of photography in 1839, cameras began to accompany explorers everywhere, including the American west. However, technical shortcomings required skilled draughtsmen to translate the earliest camera images into conventional reproductive prints for publication or distribution. Not until the 1860s was the first practical paper photographs...
Early Western Landscape Photography Fox, William L. View Finder: Mark Klett, Photography, and the Reinvention of Landscape. (c2001) Jones, Peter C. The Changing Face of America. (c1991) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Era of Exploration: The Rise of Landscape Photography in the American West, 1860-1885. [1975] San Francisco Museum of Modern A...
Photographs of the American West presents a narrative sequence of more than 100 tritone images that reveals a steadfast concern for mankind’s increasingly tragic relationship with the natural world.
The Early American West Photograph Collection spans the period from circa 1861-1900 and primarily contains photographs of the American west taken by F. Jay Haynes, William Henry Jackson, Andrew J. Russell, Isaiah West Taber and Carleton E. Watkins.
Nov 28, 2012 · The exhibition featured an unprecedented selection of images that define the very spirit of the American West, all created by National Geographic photographers, including historic photographs from the oeuvres of Yellowstone National Park photographers William Henry Jackson and Ansel Adams.
