Barnard, George Norman
George Norman Barnard (December 23, 1819 - February 4, 1902) was an American photographer. Born in Connecticut, Barnard opened a photography business in Oswego, New York, in 1843 and was among the first to use the daguerreotype in the United States. He photographed a fire that destroyed grain elevators in 1853, which historians consider to be some of the first “news” photographs. Barnard is best known for his photography during the American Civil War. He served as the official army photographer for the Military District of the Mississippi commanded by Union general William T. Sherman. He published a book of Civil War photography in 1866, Photographic Views of Sherman’s Campaign. More akin to an album, the production weighed 20 pounds and included 61 photographs, a short historical text, and several campaign maps. After the war, Barnard ran photography studios in Charleston, South Carolina, Chicago, and Ohio. His Chicago studio burned to the ground during the 1871 Chicago Fire. (Photo Credit: National Portrait Gallery, NPG.2007.18)
Unprecedented collection of 55 Mathew Brady photos capturing the Eastern Theater of the Civil War.
[Mathew Brady American Civil War Photo Archive (1861 - 1865)].
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An extraordinary opportunity, this is a collection of 55 original Mathew Brady / Brady and Company albumen photographs covering the span of the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). The documentation of the Civil War by Brady and his colleagues marks the first instance in which the brutal realities of war were communicated to the general public via a medium as immediate and visceral as photography - an achievement that has led Brady to be called the 'First Photojournalist'. While individual Brady photos occasionally appear at auction and on the market, a collection of this magnitude is unprecedented. (more details)