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Mathew B. Brady
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"Brady was so committed to history and to recording history through his photographs and yet he left very little trace of himself."
Pictures shot by Mathew Brady
Education
* ca. 1823; near Lake George, NY
- Robert Wilson
+ Jan. 15th, 1896; Ney York City, NY
- became student of famed portrait painter William Page (with 16)
- attended a photography class by Samuel F. B. Morse (Pages former teacher)
Family background
- He was the youngest of three children
- His parents immigrated from Ireland
"Brady and the Cooper Institute made me president."
He is most known for his documentation pictures of the Civil War and for portraits of famous Americans
- Abraham Lincoln
Quotes from others about Brady
Mathew B. Brady
"Brady had a bigger role and his name became the brand of what was done in his studio and what his people did."
- Robert Wilson
"Father of Photojournalism"
Pictures of Mathew Brady
The types of photography he is known for are portrait and documentary
Techniques
My opinion
His most important and most famous work are the Civil War documentation pictures
- daguerreotypy
- ambrotype / albumen print
Quotes from Brady
I think Mathew Brady did a great job with his photographs, especially with the Civil War documentation. He is highly appreciated for those.
Sources
"A spirit in my feet said "go", and I went."
"My greatest aim has been to advance the art of photography and to make it what i think i have, a great and truthful medium of history."
- www.mathewbrady.com, Mathew Brady, Keya Morgan, 2004
- www.biography.com/people/mathew-brady-9223725, bio. TRUE STORY, A + E Networks, 2013
- www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec13/wilson_09-18.html, PBS Newshour, (I couldn't find an author or a copyright year), air date: Sept. 18th, 2013
"The camera is the eye of history."