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He was the most celebrated photographer in the United States and for a time enjoyed prosperity.
The assertion that "no one took pictures...the camera hadn't been invented" as previously posted is entirely wrong. Matthew Brady was a photographer during the American Civil War. His works were somewhat reviled due to their realism, which was a new concept in war photography. There has been some speculation that some of his photos of death and destruction may have been posed. War photography existed even before then. Roger Fenton took photographs during the Crimean War of 1853.
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Technically, four so-called border States were neutral in the US Civil War. They were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware.
Matthew Brady
Matthew Brady is important because he was the first to undertake the photographic documentation of the American Civil War. He is considered the father of photojournalism.
most famous was Matthew Brady
Yes, photographers such as Matthew Brady took portraits and also photographed pictures of the dead following the battles.
civil war
He photographed Union soldiers and the president.
Matthew Brady and his associates were the main photographers of the American Civil War.
Matthew Brady, the photographer
Matthew B. Brady gained fame as a photographer due to his photographic "history" of many key events and battles of the US Civil War. He was a Northerner and the Union's public were able to see the horrible tragedies of that war via the pictures Brady sent to Northern newspapers and magazines. Brady was born in 1823 and died in 1896.
The teams led by Matthew Brady alone took over 100,000 photographs during the American Civil War.
Mathew Brady was a photographer and journalist known for providing graphic images of the American Civil War. He is especially recognized for his photographs of the conflict and their impact on society's understanding of war.
He was the most celebrated photographer in the United States and for a time enjoyed prosperity.