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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