Alaxander Gardner
History of Photography
February 27, 2006
Alexander Gardner
Alexander was born in Glasgow Scotland. He was
working in a studio for the famous photographer
Matthew Brady when the Civil war broke out and he
wanted to start taking pictures of his own. Some of
the pictures were titled “Incidents of the War.” The
many casualties suffered during that war were being
documented but there was said to be no need for the
pictures. It was later said that we did need to have
these pictures and the photographers that had taken
them got compensated for their efforts. Alexander
Gardner took many of them, and he even has a book
of all the war pictures that him and ten others made
together, another thing that he is famous for are they
many pictures that he took of our former President
Abraham Lincoln, also known as “Honest Abe.”
He admired his honesty and the way he carried
himself. He always seemed to be in a state of......
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