Art History with Claire Wiedman
Early Landscape Photography and the American National Parks
Friday, February 24
4:30pm - 5:30pm
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2023-02-24 16:30:00
2023-02-24 17:30:00
America/New_York
Art History with Claire Wiedman
Landscape photography, specifically of the American West, played an important role in the creation of our National Parks.
Tremont Road Branch - Friends Theater
Tremont Road Branch
Friends TheaterLandscape photography, specifically of the American West, played an important role in the creation of our National Parks.
Photographers like Carleton Watkins, Timothy O'Sullivan and Alexander Gardner turned their skills as Civil War photographers onto the rugged and untamed wilderness of Yosemite, Yellowstone, and other iconic vistas. This talk will cover the earliest history of landscape photography and its usage as an instrument in the creation of the National Park system.
Tremont Road Branch
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