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Civil War Witness: Mathew Brady's Photos Reveal the Horrors of War

By Don Nardo

Book information

Publisher
Capstone
Year
2013
ISBN
9780756549596, 9780756546939, 9780756546991, 9780756546977, 2013005348
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
13 MB (13145823 bytes)
Series
Captured History
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-20 11:00:57
History; Juvenile Nonfiction; Photography; JNF0251

Description

Mathew Brady recognized that the new art of photography could be more than just a means of capturing people's likenesses in portraits. Beginning with the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861 and continuing through the entire Civil War, Brady and his employees chronicled the long, bloody conflict, bringing images of war directly to the people. Brady knew the photos would create valuable historical records for later generations. More than any other photographer of his generation, Brady understood photography's great potential—and through his influence, he taught others to understand it as well.

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