Timothy H. O'Sullivan

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Timothy H. O'Sullivan was a pioneering 19th-century American photographer best known for his stark Civil War battlefield images and later geological survey photographs of the American West.

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instanceOf landscape photographer
person
photographer
war photographer
activeInCentury 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer Alexander Gardner
Mathew Brady
fieldOfWork geological survey photography
topographical photography
genre documentary photography
landscape photography
war photography
hasWorkSubject Canyon de Chelly
Colorado River canyons
Gettysburg battlefield
Native American settlements in the Southwest
Petersburg battlefield
geological formations of the American West
influenced documentary photography
photojournalism
influencedBy Alexander Gardner
Mathew Brady
knownFor early photographic documentation of the American frontier
stark and unromantic images of war
memberOf U.S. Geological Surveys of the West
United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
movement early American photography
notableFor American Civil War photography
geological survey photography of the American West
photographic exploration of remote Western landscapes
realistic depiction of death and destruction in war
notableWork A Harvest of Death
Canyon de Chelly photographs
King Survey photographs
linked to: King Survey

The Gettysburg Dead
Wheeler Survey photographs
linked to: Wheeler Survey
occupation photographer
participatedIn American Civil War
subjectOf histories of Civil War photography
studies of Western survey photography
usedMedium albumen print
wet plate collodion process
workLocation American West
linked to: Old West

Civil War battlefields
Washington, D.C.

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Devil's Den photographedBy Timothy H. O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan hasNotableBearer Timothy O'Sullivan
linked to: Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Photographic Sketch Book of the War hasContributor Timothy H. O’Sullivan
linked to: Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Mathew Brady Studio employed Timothy H. O’Sullivan
linked to: Timothy H. O'Sullivan