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Who filmed the death harvest?

Timothy O 'Sullivan

Timothy O 'Sullivan 1840 was born in Ireland and came to new york with his parents when he was two years old. As a photographer, O 'Sullivan is famous for his series of photos about the American Civil War. Timothy O 'Sullivan is one of the most important photographers in the early American photography history. It went down in history by filming the American Civil War and the West.

O 'Sullivan's childhood life is not clearly recorded in history. We only know that when he was 15 years old, he was an apprentice in Mathew Brady's studio mentioned above. 186 1 At the beginning of the civil war, I joined the army and worked as a photographer in the army. 1862 returned to Brady after retiring to continue filming and recording the war. During this period, he shot many works of American Civil War, and many photos with the seal of Mathew Brady Company were actually taken by O 'Sullivan. 1863, he left Brady's company and collaborated with another photographer, Gardner, to publish the book Sketchbook of the postwar civil war. The comprehensive record reflects the fighting, training, leisure, casualties, battlefield and other aspects during the civil war.