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Portraits of War: Civil War Photographers and Their Work
Presents photographs of the Civil War along with profiles of the major photographers and descriptions of the difficulties they faced while recording the reality of the conflict
78 pages, Library Binding
First published April 1, 1998
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George Sullivan
368 books12 followersGeorge Sullivan is a best-selling nonfiction author with more than 100 books to his credit. He lives in New York City.
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April 26, 2018
Review title: The men who pictured the Civil War
This slim volume is a history of Civil War photography and photographers targeted to school libraries and classrooms. The writing is high school history book level, but could serve as a good brief introduction to the topic.
The Civil War was the first major conflict to be captured on photographic images, and by far the best known photographer of the war was Matthew Brady. However, Sullivan documents Brady's role as more of an entrepreneur assembling teams of photographers who could operate the bulky and complex cameras and development equipment on the battlefields. While Brady claimed the credit, we now know that others, particularly Alexander Gardner, were responsible for most of the most famous photographs of the war.
The book reproduces a few photographs in each chapter but is by no means a photographic history of the war. Instead Sullivan uses the pictures to introduce the photographers and provide short biographies of each.
This slim volume is a history of Civil War photography and photographers targeted to school libraries and classrooms. The writing is high school history book level, but could serve as a good brief introduction to the topic.
The Civil War was the first major conflict to be captured on photographic images, and by far the best known photographer of the war was Matthew Brady. However, Sullivan documents Brady's role as more of an entrepreneur assembling teams of photographers who could operate the bulky and complex cameras and development equipment on the battlefields. While Brady claimed the credit, we now know that others, particularly Alexander Gardner, were responsible for most of the most famous photographs of the war.
The book reproduces a few photographs in each chapter but is by no means a photographic history of the war. Instead Sullivan uses the pictures to introduce the photographers and provide short biographies of each.
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