H. H. Bennett, Photographer: His American Landscape Contributor(s): Rath, Sara (Author), Bamberger, Tom (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0299237044 ISBN-13: 9780299237042 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - General - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2010014292 |
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 8.04" W x 9.8" (2.03 lbs) 286 pages |
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Publisher Description: "My energies for near a lifetime have been used almost entirely to win such prominence as I could in outdoor photography."--H. H. Bennett Henry Hamilton Bennett (1843-1908) became a celebrated photographer in the half-century following the American Civil War. Bennett is admired for his superb depictions of dramatic landscapes of the Dells of the Wisconsin River and also for his many technical innovations in photography, including a stop-action shutter and a revolving solar printing house that is now housed at the Smithsonian Institution. With his instantaneous shutter, he gained recognition for his striking images of moving subjects, such as lumber raftsmen shooting the river rapids and his son Ashley leaping in midair from a bluff to the craggy pillar of Stand Rock. Less well-known are Bennett's splendid urban photographs of nineteenth-century Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul. Finalist, Midwest Regional Interest, Midwest Book Awards |