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Ogle Winston Link was a master of both stop-action and night-time photography, and his noiresque depictions of steam-powered locomotives in particular became his trademark. He was known to have worked for up to two days at a time setting up shots that would capture those fleeting moments when trains entered the lives of Americans and became part of the collective memory. It's hard to believe that his most famous picture, Hotshot Eastbound, for instance, was neither staged nor altered in the darkroom, but is simply a tribute to Link's careful preparation.
Depicted to the left are Hot Shot Eastbound, Main Line on Main Street and Maud Bows to the Virginia Creeper. Or click on the photos to see more of O. Winston Link's work.
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| The quintessential American photographer, Ansel Adams is best known for his high-contrast photographs of the American West. Born in San Francisco, Adams originally wanted to become a concert pianist, but found over the course of some years that his avocation as a photographer was more rewarding — financially and otherwise — than his musicianship. During the 1920s, he became inextricably linked with the Sierra Club, an environmental preservation society that gave Adams' work its first wide-scale public exposure. (An environmentalist himself, Adams was eventually elected to the Sierra Club's Board of Directors.)
Shown to the right are Birds on a Beach, Mt. McKinley Range and Moon and Half Dome. Or click on the photos to see more of Ansel Adams' work.
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Of course, there are many genres within the art of photography. Below are some classic photographs whose ability to fascinate the viewer is... well... classic:
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