Photographic Views Of Sherman's Campaign
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
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A landmark work in the history of documentary photography, Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign presents a sweeping visual record of General William T. Sherman's devastating march through the American South during the Civil War. George N. Barnard, who served as the official photographer for the Military Division of the Mississippi, chronicles the scorched landscapes, ruined fortifications, and ghostly cityscapes left in the wake of one of history's most consequential military campaigns. The sixty-one large-format albumen prints that comprise this collection capture Atlanta, Savannah, and the Carolina battlefields with a stark, unflinching realism that transformed war photography into a form of serious historical documentation. Barnard's images carry a somber, elegiac tone — they do not glorify combat but instead bear witness to destruction on a massive scale, forcing the viewer to reckon with the true cost of total war. Published in 1866, this portfolio stands as one of the most important photographic documents of nineteenth-century American history and a foundational text in the canon of fine art photography.
Author: George N. Barnard
Format: Paperback
Genre: Photography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work in the history of documentary photography, Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign presents a sweeping visual record of General William T. Sherman's devastating march through the American South during the Civil War. George N. Barnard, who served as the official photographer for the Military Division of the Mississippi, chronicles the scorched landscapes, ruined fortifications, and ghostly cityscapes left in the wake of one of history's most consequential military campaigns. The sixty-one large-format albumen prints that comprise this collection capture Atlanta, Savannah, and the Carolina battlefields with a stark, unflinching realism that transformed war photography into a form of serious historical documentation. Barnard's images carry a somber, elegiac tone — they do not glorify combat but instead bear witness to destruction on a massive scale, forcing the viewer to reckon with the true cost of total war. Published in 1866, this portfolio stands as one of the most important photographic documents of nineteenth-century American history and a foundational text in the canon of fine art photography.