The photographer I chose is William Henry Jackson. This photographer stood out to me because his photography was outstanding especially of the great outdoors. After going through the pain staking process of choosing a photographer he really stood out the most because of his photos of the outdoors. Even though he is an amazing artist he did marvelous work in the American West. He was more than just a photographer he also did some work as a painter in his early and later parts of his career. William Henry Jackson was also a publisher like most artists are. But, he was always a lover of art. Early in his career at the age of 19 in 1862 he joined as a private in Company K of the 12th Vermont Infantry of the Union Army. He served during the American Civil War for about nine months and during his time he fought in a major battle, which was the Battle of Gettysburg. He spent most of his time sketching during his time in the army. He was assigned to guarding a supply train. In 1863 his regiment was dismissed. William Henry Jackson was well known for his photography of the American West. The reason he did photography about the American West was because in 1866 his brother and William took a Union Pacific Railroad train to the last stop which was near Nebraska. He then got a job as a bullwhacker on a wagon train. This company traveled along the Oregon Trail. In Omaha he open up a photography business with his brother in 1867. He did many long excursions in the Omaha region to
At the age of nineteen, Ellis enlisted in the Civil War. He served in Company “A”, Forty-Ninth Indiana Volunteers, beginning on September 25, 1861. For two-and-a-half years, Ellis fought in many battles until harshly wounded at Champion Hill in mid-1863. Although he would suffer from these wounds for the rest of his life, Ellis readmitted himself to military service in early 1864. He fought until the conclusion of the war a year later. (History 759) As
ended up serving in World War I as the commander of an artillery battle. Upon his return
Displayed extreme heroism in assault on Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, in July 1863
He graduated from his class in 1846, only coming in second due to poor drawing skills. He was commissioned as a Brevet Second Lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers.
MG James E. B. Stuart graduated from West Point in 1854, spent much of his service with the 1st Cavalry in Kansas. He was in charge of all of the cavalry for the Army of Northern Virginia and actively engaged in the Battle of
A cavalry commander in the United States Army, Custer fought in both the Indian Wars as well as the Civil War. He was born and brought up in Ohio and Michigan and West Point admitted in 1858. During the Civil War he gained a reputation that was strong because of whom he associated with. The Battle of Bull Run was his first major involvement. He had a temporary promotion to major general but returned to captain at the end of the war. After the Civil Wars, he left for the west and the Indian Wars. He led the 7th Cavalry in the battle of Washita River. Later, in 1873, he was sent to the Dakota Territory to help protect a railroad survey crew from attacks by the Lakota Indians.
This was big for the art community, because it was a new to everybody, and helped show nature more vividly. His new paintings he created were much more detailed, and colorful than any landscape paintings seen before (Thomas Cole). Cole helped inspire many young artist through his leadership, mentoring, and beautiful landscape paintings, to do many great works of
Lee graduated number two in his class from the U.S. Military Academy in 1829. Commissioned a brevet lieutenant of engineers, he spent a few years at Fort Pulaski, Georgia, and Fort Monroe, Virginia. At Fort Monroe on June 30, 1831, he married Mary Ann Randolph
J.E.B Stuart graduated from West Point in 1854, and was assigned to a U.S. Army regiment in Texas, and soon after was transferred to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He was involved in the “Bleeding Kansas” affair, “…a period of intense violence between pro- and anti-slavery groups along the Missouri-Kansas border” (history.com). Stuart also was involved in U.S. army engagements against Indian tribes. “In 1859, Stuart served under Robert E. Lee during the U.S. military action that captured John Brown” (history.com), but in 1861, Virginia seceded from the Union and Stuart with them.
Historians have discovered information that lead to the conclusion he had two intrests: military arts and expansion of western civilialtion. At only the age 16 he had started to help by surveying Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. in !754 he was commisioned as a lieutenant colonel, he fought in the first battles of what soon developed into the French and Indian War. The next year was spent as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock.
Born in Britain, emigrated to US early in life, by the 1870s had become a very prominent photographer, mostly photographed nature and animals; very well known
This essay will investigate the work of contemporary photographer Tim Walker, and historical photographer Ansel Adams. This essay will examine the many changes of how photography has evolved through the decades from the photographer’s style, use of equipment, techniques and what photography is used for. These changes will be seen by looking at the contemporary photographer and comparing them to the historical photographer.
I choose Cindy Sherman, when searching for a photographer that I wanted to research. What caught my eye was the amazing variety of tools that were presented in the photograph.
In 1837, a wealthy Scottish nobleman named Sir William Drummond Stewart took Alfred Jacob Miller on his outing to the Rockies. Stewart had previously been to the mountains in 1833. But due to the failing health of his brother, Stewart thought that his journey into the American West might be his last. So he hired Miller to pictorially record the journey. Hence, Miller became the first artist to cross the continental divide at south past and thus, the first artist to portray the Rocky Mountains in great detail. Stewart and Miller started out their journey from St. Louis and went across the plains of Nebraska along the Platt River. [1] Stewart had hired Miller to paint pictures of their daily lives. However, Miller being a son of a prosperous farmer and merchant was not accustomed to the adversities of the journey and he quite often complained to Stewart about the hardships of the trail. They were travelling 20-30 miles a day on their saddle so it was impossible for Miller to draw while travelling. So, instead Miller began to sketch images with either pen or pencil during the noon hours when they would have their large meal, as it required the least amount of time to dry before they started heading towards their next stop. Despite the hardship of the journey he completed over 200 field sketches in both pencil and watercolor. Through the work of Miller, America got to see its untouched beautiful wilderness composed of vast mountain ranges and winding rivers.
Henry Peach Robinson, born on July 9th, 1830, was a British photographer and prominent author on photography. Known as “the King of Photographic Picture Making,” he began his life’s work as a painter but would become one of the most influential photographers of the late 19th century. He was a prolific advocate for photography as an art form and is well known for his role in “pictorialism,” which, according to Encyclopedia Britannica, is “an approach to photography that emphasizes beauty of subject matter, tonality, and composition rather than the documentation of reality.”