Ahmad Bhai
Well-Known Member
Allan's http://www.realphotographersforum.com/landscape-architecture/8217-bridge-over-river-ericht.html reminded me of Plate Photography of the Wild West.
Timothy H O'Sullivan Timothy O'Sullivan / American Art
"From 1867 to 1869, he was official photographer on the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel under Clarence King. The expedition began at Virginia City, Nevada, where he photographed the mines, and worked eastward. His job was to photograph the West to attract settlers. O'Sullivan's pictures were among the first to record the prehistoric ruins, Navajo weavers, and pueblo villages of the Southwest."
There was also an article in the Daily Mail The American West as you've never seen it before: Amazing 19th century pictures show the landscape as it was chartered for the first time | Mail Online
Timothy H O'Sullivan Timothy O'Sullivan / American Art
"From 1867 to 1869, he was official photographer on the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel under Clarence King. The expedition began at Virginia City, Nevada, where he photographed the mines, and worked eastward. His job was to photograph the West to attract settlers. O'Sullivan's pictures were among the first to record the prehistoric ruins, Navajo weavers, and pueblo villages of the Southwest."
There was also an article in the Daily Mail The American West as you've never seen it before: Amazing 19th century pictures show the landscape as it was chartered for the first time | Mail Online