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Mathew B Brady
Mathew B. Brady c.1823-96, American pioneer photographer, b. Warren co., N.Y. Brady learned the daguerreotype process from S. F. B. Morse and in 1844 opened his own photographic studio in New York City, which brought him widespread fame. He published Gallery of Illustrious Americans in 1850 and... Read more |
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Military photography
PHOTOGRAPHY, MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY, MILITARY. Since its invention in 1839 photography has come to have an increasing number of military uses. Both still and motion-picture photography document combat, provide military intelligence and topographic data, aid military training, and help in mapping... Read more |
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Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon The American fashion photographer Richard Avedon (born 1923) was best known for his probing portraits that go beyond recording likenesses to explore the identity of society and to reflect dreams and desires. Richard Avedon was born in New York City on May 15, 1923. Educated in... Read more |
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Roger Fenton
Roger Fenton 1819-69, English pioneer photographer. Originally a barrister, Fenton worked from the early 1850s until 1862 as a fashionable architectural, still-life, portrait, and landscape photographer. Aesthetically sensitive and technically adept, he was the most acclaimed and influential... Read more |
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Alvin Langdon Coburn
Alvin Langdon Coburn , 1882-1936, American photographer, b. Boston. Coburn began making photographs at eight and was one of the younger members of Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession. Like others in the group, he was inspired to photograph the streets, parks, and buildings of New York City. He later... Read more |
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Joint Photographic Experts Group
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Lewis Hine
Lewis Hine 1874-1940, American photographer, b. Oshkosh, Wis. Hine dedicated much of his photographic career, which began shortly after he bought his first camera in 1903, to exposing in sharp, painful images the social evils of the industrial revolution in the United States. He photographed the... Read more |
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Nadar
Nadar , pseud. of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon , 1820-1910, French pioneer photographer and writer, b. Paris. Nadar opened a photographic studio in 1853 that became a meeting place for literary and artistic celebrities whose faces were captured in his superb portraits. He conceived the idea of... Read more |
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The False Heroism of a Civil War Photographer.(Mathew Brady)
...in July, to photograph what would be...drooped below his belt, and a straw...the only known Brady image related...taken of him in his Washington, D...to the myth of Mathew Brady the Civil War...first time in my ... |
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Mathew Brady: a few facts.(American Civil War photographer )
...people think of Mathew Brady as the man who...regarding Brady and his accomplishments...Although Brady made photographs of the Civil...expected to recover his expenses by...enough to pay his ... |
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Soldier of photo; Mathew Brady took shots heard 'round the world.
...Brady set out to photograph General William...separately, cut out his image and then rephotographed...From the first," Brady said, "I regarded...down the hall from Brady's photographs, the Fogg is showcasing...who spent much ... |
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Brady's Black & Whites, Beyond the Blue & Gray
...in this show. Brady's fortunes soared...a pretty fast life and spends his money freely...Illustrated, bought his celebrity portraits...line: "From a photograph by Brady." (It wasn...possible to reproduce ... |
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Mathew Brady's unblinking `eye of history'.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
...curator of photographs, the show...stands and Brady's original...atmosphere of his New York City...Emphasizing Brady's role as...excellent book, "Mathew Brady and the Image...coverage of his Civil War ... |
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Mathew Brady's photography on display. (National Portrait Gallery,...
...portrait and war photographs to the United...bankruptcy to close his New York gallery...substantial portion of his negatives to E...still more of his negatives when...authorize payment to Brady for full title...staggering debts. ... |
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'Photo by Brady'.(photographer Mathew Brady)
...pictures taken? To Mathew Brady's studio, of...While there, Brady became interested...in order to photograph the nation's...War in 1861, Brady decided it was his duty to capture...felt, would want ... |
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Too much of a good thing: photography, forgery, and the Lewis Hine scandal:...
...painted under his own name rush...artist for copying his prints and signature...autograph over his lifetime. Two...Even though photographs have lately become...with certainty a Mathew Brady photograph, ... |
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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY PRESENTS 'ONE LIFE: THE MASK OF LINCOLN' IN...
...public persona. His leadership during...how he shaped his identity and...in 1857 and a Mathew Brady photograph taken...cracked-plate" photograph of Lincoln by...photography to craft his image and ... |
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Too much of a good thing: photography, forgery, and the Lewis Hine scandal....
...painted under his own name rush...artist for copying his prints and signature...autograph over his lifetime. Two...Even though photographs have lately become...with certainty a Mathew Brady photograph, ... |
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