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H.H. Bennett, photographer : his American landscape / Sara Rath.

Title
H.H. Bennett, photographer : his American landscape / Sara Rath.
Author
Rath, Sara
Publication
Madison Wis. : Terrace Books, c2010.

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Additional Authors
Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908.
Description
xxv, 272 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Summary
"Henry Hamilton Bennett 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 raftmen shooting the river rapids and his son Ashley leaping in mid air from a bluff to the craggy pillar of Stand Rock. This engaging biography tells his life story, illustrated throughout with his remarkable photographs, some of them rarely viewed before. It draws on the photographer's own letters and journals, along with other family documents, to portray the sweep of his career and personal life."--Publisher description.
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Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Early days : 1843-1864 -- Discovering the landscape : 1864-1867 -- Picturing the dells : 1868-1875 -- William Metcalf, friend and mentor : 1873-1881 -- Developments : 1882-1883 -- The snapper : 1883-1888 -- Personal views : 1888-1890 -- Urban landscapes : 1890-1899 -- Change in the wind : 1899-1904 -- Shadows : 1903-1908 -- Guardian spirits : 1908-2010.
ISBN
  • 9780299237042 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0299237044 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010014292
OCLC
  • 607321920
  • SCSB-10105036
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library