What outstanding photographers have emerged in the western American photography industry?

65438+In the late 1960s and early 1970s, shortly after the end of the American Civil War, the US government sent geological survey teams to draw maps in various places, and many photographers took pictures in the west with the survey team. They used cameras to record mountains and canyons in Nevada, the Rockies, Panama and New Mexico. These photos bring people great surprises and admiration.

In order to commemorate the pioneers of photography in the western United States, people named the newly discovered natural scenery after these photographers, such as Jackson Canyon, Jackson Lake and Watkins Mountain.

As the official photographer of the geological survey team, O 'Sullivan, who worked for Brady during the Civil War, is one of the longest photographers in the history of western photography. From 1867 to 1869, I participated in the photography team on the 40-degree north latitude line. 1870, before digging the Panama canal, he joined the canal survey team. On his subsequent expedition, he photographed the Colorado Valley.

1873, in Cherie Canyon, New Mexico, O 'Sullivan took a photo of a very famous ancient site, Cherie Canyon Ancient Site (Territory), New Mexico. About this place, its buildings and hanging rocks, there is a note next to the photo: People have noticed that it is about 800 feet (equivalent to 250 meters) high, and the force of the storm makes it wrinkle obviously in the horizontal direction, and the water drops on it make it wrinkle vertically.

The photos taken by O 'Sullivan and other western photographers are edited and bound into a book, made into a title, and then reprinted. Some of these photos only have titles, and some are accompanied by detailed explanatory articles. For example, next to O 'Sullivan's photo of a lake in Horses Canyon, Colne, Colorado, there was an article written by an engineer explaining how beavers blocked the pond and why they blocked it. These photos and articles make readers interested in everything in the western United States.

In western photography, Carlton from San Francisco? e？ Watkins (Carlton? e？ Watkins, 1829 ~ 19 16), also took excellent photos. 186 1 year, Watkins started filming in Yosemite Valley, California. He uses a big camera, which can shoot 18×2 1 inch film.

Yosemite Valley is one of the granite peaks in the Sierra Nevada, located in Mariposa County at the source of the Merced River. In Watkins' photos, Yosemite is a vast land with calm water, trees and rocks. In his view, Yosemite is not only a scenic spot, but also a huge and exciting natural museum that shows the achievements of the American people.

1868, American geologist j? d？ Whitney (j? d？ Whitney) came here to explore and wrote Yosemite, which was written by Julius? Published by Bean Company, there are 54 photos and illustrations, most of which were taken by Watkins.

The photos taken by Watkins and his companions make Yosemite Valley a sacred place in people's hearts. Adams became interested in photography after seeing photos of Yosemite Valley, and took his first photo in Yosemite. Adams wrote in his memoirs: The first time I saw Yosemite, I heard the call of fate.

William is the most famous photographer who shoots the American West. Henry. WilliamHenryJackson( 1843 ~ 1942)。 He once photographed the scenery along the Pacific Union Railway, and later accompanied the government's geological survey team to participate in the exploration work in Wyoming and Huangshi. As a new discovery of the investigation team, Jackson's landscape photos taken in Huangshi area are displayed in the lobby of the US Congress. These photos attracted the attention of Congress, and prompted Congress to pass the 1872 bill, establishing Yellowstone National Park as the first national park in the United States.

Jackson used a dry camera when shooting, and the heavy photographic equipment needed two mules to transport. In order to coat the flat glass with latex, he had to set up a tent in the scenic spot and operate in a dark tent. Many years later, Jackson recalled the shooting scene of that year and said: We didn't have high-speed photographic emulsion to record cloudy images, or to freeze the leaves swaying in the wind, or to highlight the clouds in the air ... In bad weather, we had to operate chemicals patiently to get acceptable photos.

Under such difficult conditions, Jackson took many photos full of the original scenery of the west. His works recorded that era and that region in a variety of ways.

In Jackson's photography career, the most unforgettable thing for him was shooting the Holy Cross Peak. In August 1873, 10, a mule smashed the negative on his back on the rock, destroying the photos taken by Jackson in recent months. He had to go back again, through the barren valley, trying to find his footprints and take these photos again. He crossed the North Savage Ridge to the foot of the mountain, climbed the adjacent Joteqi Mountain, set up his tent, camped in the forest and waited for the sun. Thus, a miracle appeared: on a sunny hillside, a huge cross shape was formed at the top of the mountain due to the direction of mountain cracks and permanent snow. So, Jackson quickly picked up the camera and photographed this rare spectacle.