Russell's Civil War Photographs by Andrew J. Russell
The full-page panoramas capture the wastage of war that so shocked the civilian public when first exposed to photographs of battles. There are also "aesthetic" shots, landscapes such as that as Great Falls on the Potomac, which offer relief. New captions and a Preface fill in historical, biographical, bibliographical, and photographic detail. This collection of views by a professional military photographer, perhaps the very first in his profession, is an archive of engineering triumphs and human loss; students of the Civil War will discover views unseen in the standard works, while lovers of photography will rediscover, in Russell, an early master of the art.
This paperback book is in good condition with minor discolorations to the cover and owner’s inscription inside. Pages in very good condition.
ISBN 10: 0486242838 / ISBN 13: 9780486242835
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.
Publication Date: 1982
