Between Art & Science

Timothy O'Sullivan.  Tufa domes at Pyramid Lake.  c. 1867.
http://www.nevadaobserver.com/Timothy%20O'Sullivan%20Expedition%201867-1868/
Pyramid%20Lake%20and%20Truckee%20River/77-ks-1-38%20Tufa%20Domes_%20Pyramid%20Lake.jpg

  

Book Pages 6 - 10 Due

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fire in the Ames Mills

George N. Barnard.  Fire in the Ames Mills, Oswego, NY.  July 5, 1853.
Marien, Mary Warner.  Photography: A cultural History.  Second edition.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican-American War
1846 - 1848

General Wool

Photographer Unknown.  General Wool and Staff, Calle Real, Saltillo, Mexico.  c. 1847.
Marien, Mary Warner.  Photography: A cultural History.  Second edition.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006.

 
Fought after Texas seceded from Mexico
Resulted in the U.S. acquiring California and New Mexico
Considered the first war to be photographed as it happened
Coincides with the rise of American newspapers
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photographaer Unknown.  Amputation, Mexican- American War, Cerro Gordo.  1847.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crimean War
1853 - 1856
 
Fought between Imperial Russia and an alliance of the United Kingdom, France and the Ottoman Empire

 

Railroad Yard

Roger Fenton. Railroad Yard Balaclava #2. 1855.
Newhall, Beaumont. The History of Photography. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 1982.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roger Fenton.  The 57th Regiment.  1855.
Newhall, Beaumont. The History of Photography. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 1982.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The "Photographic Van"
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g09000/3g09200/3g09240v.jpg

 

More of Fenton's Crimean War photographs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death of General Warren

John Trumbull. The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775. 1786.
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. Revised Second ed. Vol. 2. New York: Prentice Hall Inc., and Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Whatever he represents from the field must be real." - London Times

 

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Roger Fenton. The Valley of the Shadow of Death. 1855.
http://carefullyaimeddarts.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/fenton-deal-ristelhueber-tillim/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carnage at Antietam

Alexander Gardner. Carnage at Antietam. 1862.
Richard G. Tansey & Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Tenth ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
Civil War
1861 - 1865
 
Conflict between northern and southern states
Involved numerous disputes, although most of them
centered on the issue of slavery
At least 623,000 killed
 
More than 300 photographers documented the battle zones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mathew Brady
1823 - 1896

 

Mathew Brady's Gallery of Illustrious Americans

 

Brady's Photo Outfit

Mathew Brady's photo outfit during Civil War.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/i?ammem/cwar:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28ppmsc+00170%29%29:displayType=1:m856sd=ppmsc:m856sf=00170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burial Party

John Reekie. A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, VA. 1865.
http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/04324u.preview.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Barnard.  Destruction of Hood's Ordinance Train, Atlanta.  1864.

 

more Civil War photos

more Civil War photos from Brady's corps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Gardner
1821 - 1882

 

Alexander Gardner and his portable dark room.  1867.
http://z.about.com/d/712educators/1/0/t/9/misc5.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home of the Rebel Sharpshooter

Alexander Gardner. Home of the Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg. 1863.
http://www.littlestregular.com/blog/uploaded_images/sharpshooter-752249.jpg

 

"If a studio photographer's duty was to arrange the sitter for a specific effect, and if the resulting image was considered reality, then where were the boundaries of truthfulness when a photographer went outside the studio?" - Robert Hirsch