Mathew Brady: The Civil War - 100+ Photographic Reproductions

Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Photography & Video

Mathew Brady: The Civil War - 100+ Photographic Reproductions Details

MATHEW BRADY: THE CIVIL WAR contains 100+ Reproductions of battle scenes, portraits and landscapes (1860-1865) with title and interesting facts page below.Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).(Images have been captioned and color corrected for density and contrast. View images in horizontal/landscape format for optimal viewing.)BORN: c1822 in Warren County, New York.DIED: January 15, 1896 in New York, New York.MOVEMENT: American PhotographyINTERESTING FACTS:§ Brady is best known for his portraits of personalities and documentation of the American Civil War.§ He is credited as being the father of photojournalism.§ In 1841, Brady studied under daguerreotypist Samuel F.B. Morse.§ In 1844, he opened his own photography studio in New York. In 1849, he opened another studio in Washington, D.C..§ To document the Civil War, Brady employed, Alexander Gardner, Timothy H. O’Sullivan, William Pywell, Thomas C. Roche and George N. Barnard.NOTABLE WORKS:Colonel James E. McMahon, Confederate Soldiers, Dead Soldier in Trench, General Philip H. Sheridan, General Ulysses S. Grant and Staff of Eight (2), General Commodore Barney.

Reviews

Conglomeration of public domain photos, poorly designed e-book. I would have given 5 stars to Matthew Brady.

Share this post