Silent Witness

The Civil War through Photography and its Photographers

Ron Field (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2017
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-2276-5 (ISBN)

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Compiled by an acclaimed Civil War historian, this beautiful volume explores how photography shaped the way contemporary people viewed the war, and the way it still shapes our view of the conflict to this day. The book also examines how photography became a military tool, quickly giving commanders accurate maps for the first time, and also documents the lives of the photographers themselves.

The Civil War changed America forever. It shaped its future and determined its place in history. For the first time in military history, the camera was there to record these seismic events, from innovations in military and naval warfare, to the battles themselves; from commanders at critical moments in the battle, to the ordinary soldier tentatively posing for his first ever portrait on the eve of battle.

Displaying many rare images unearthed by the author, an acclaimed Civil War historian, this beautiful volume explores how the camera bore witness to the dramatic events of the Civil War. It reveals not only how the first photographers plied their trade, but also how photography helped shape the outcome of the war and how it was reported to anxious families across the North and South.

Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught History at Piedmont High School in California in 1982–83, and was Head of History at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water in the UK until his retirement in 2007. In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in 2013. In 2015 he became senior editor of Military Images magazine, devoted to the American military image of the nineteenth century. In 2014–2015 he also advised on the Confederate uniforms worn in the upcoming STX Entertainment Civil War film Free State of Jones, due for release on June 23, 2016.

Introduction

Opening Shots, 1859-61
Photography on the Home Front
Photography in Camp and Barracks
Photography at the Front
Photography in Maps and Documents
The Camera with the Navy
Closing Shots, 1865

Afterword
Glossary of Technical Terms
Notes & Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.10.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 242 mm
Gewicht	1294 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4728-2276-5 / 1472822765
ISBN-13	978-1-4728-2276-5 / 9781472822765
Zustand	Neuware