Abstract
The enthusiasm that the editors of the Philadelphia Photographer showed for William Henry Jackson's 1872 Yellowstone views reflects the complex level of perception and understanding to which photography had arrived by late midcentury. Although Jackson had been commissioned as official photographer to the Geological Survey of the Territories to gather visual documentation for the survey to be an objective documentarian his photographs simultaneously depicted the artistic beauty of the region and, through their realistic illustration, transported the viewer to the far-away place.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Landscape photography--United States--History; Photographers--United States--Biography; Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Publication Date
8-1-1990
Document Type
Thesis
Department, Program, or Center
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CIAS)
Advisor
Reilly, James
Advisor/Committee Member
Lent, Tina
Advisor/Committee Member
Johnson, William
Recommended Citation
Beckner, Sarah, "More than a record: An analysis of the stylistic development in W. H. Jackson's Photography" (1990). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/3731
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TR140.J27 B425 1990