William Henry Jackson

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Photographer
gptkbp:activeYears 1860s-1940s
gptkbp:artwork Albumen print
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:United_States_Geological_Survey
gptkbp:awards Honorary_member_of_the_Royal_Photographic_Society
gptkbp:born April 4, 1843
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:collection gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkbp:communityEvents Exploration expeditions
gptkbp:contribution Promotion_of_the_National_Park_Service
gptkbp:died June 7, 1942
gptkbp:documentedIn Western expansion
gptkbp:education Self-taught
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkbp:exhibits gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition_1893
gptkbp:famousFor Documenting_the_American_West
gptkbp:famousQuote "The camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera."
gptkbp:field Photography
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:Rocky_Mountains
gptkbp:global_presence Long exposure
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Documenting_the_American_frontier.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Henry Jackson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_Impressionism
gptkb:Ansel_Adams
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carleton_Watkins
gptkbp:inspiration Nature
gptkbp:knownFor Landscape photography
gptkbp:legacy Pioneer_of_American_landscape_photography
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableFeature The Great American West Exhibition
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:The_Great_Falls_of_the_Yellowstone
gptkbp:notableWork Photographs_of_Yellowstone_National_Park
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Artist
gptkbp:photography gptkb:Photographic_Society_of_America
gptkb:The_American_West
Influence on modern landscape photography
View camera
National_Parks
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Keeseville,_New_York
gptkbp:placeOfDeath New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:publishes gptkb:The_Yellowstone_National_Park
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_E._Jackson
gptkbp:style Realism
gptkbp:technique Large format photography
gptkbp:workLocation gptkb:Denver,_Colorado