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Albert seems to have been the driving force behind the brothers' Civil War images. He and his friend Emanuel Leutze obtained passes in October 1861 from Gen. Winfield Scott to travel, photograph and sketch along the Potomac River outside of Washington, D.C. They took 19 stereoview photographs of war-time Washington, D.C., and its nearby defenses.
It is one of the most famous representations of the American Civil War. [1] Published in the first American anthology of photographs, Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, in 1865, it is part of a series of ten photographic plates of the Battle of Gettysburg, eight of which were taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. [2] [3]
Mathew B. Brady [1] (c. 1822–1824 – January 15, 1896) was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the Civil War.
Showing the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam—the deadliest single day in the American Civil War [s 3] [s 4] The Scourged Back: c. 2 April 1863: McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States Albumen print One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement. [s 4] Cartes de Visite: May - August 1863 Andre ...
Subject of photos of his scarred back, widely circulated during the American Civil War Peter ( fl. 1863 ) (also known as Gordon , or " Whipped Peter ", or " Poor Peter ") was an escaped American slave who was the subject of photographs documenting the extensive scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery.
There are 130 known photographs of Abraham Lincoln.Lincoln was the most photographed American of the 19th century. [1] Lincoln was photographed many times by the American Civil War photographers Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner who were officially appointed to document the war. [2]
Staging photos was a common occurrence during the Spanish Civil War because of limits imposed upon photojournalists' freedom of movement: unable to go to active fronts, or cordoned off when they were, photographers resorted to pictures of soldiers feigning combat. [9]
During the Spanish Civil War, Capa travelled with and photographed the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), which resulted in his best-known photograph. [ 5 ] The British magazine Picture Post ran his photos from Spain in the 1930s accompanied by a portrait of Capa, in profile, with the simple description: "He is a passionate democrat ...