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"The
History Guy" is a Registered
Trademark. Mathew
B. Brady- (1823-1896) Mathew
Brady is considered the "Father of
Photojournalism," for his work in
photographing the American Civil War in
the 1860s. His parents were immigrants
from Ireland, and Mathew was born in
Warren County in New York
State. Mathew
Brady studied under Samuel Morse beginning
in 1839. Also that year, he met Louis
Daguerre, the inventor of the early
photograph, the Daguerreotype. Brady took
his newfound knowledge in photographic
science back to the United States and
opened his own gallery. In 1850,
Brady published a collection of
photographs featuring the most famous
Americans of his time, called "A
Gallery of Illustrious Americans."
Among the important Americans posing for
Brady's portraits was an Illinois
politician named Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln
later used Brady's portrait of him in his
presidential campaign. He met Juliette
Handy at his photography studio, and they
married in 1851. When she died in 1887, he
became depressed and alcoholic. By the
time of the secession crisis and the
beginning of the Civil War, Mathew Brady
was already quite famous as the leading
photographer of his day. Determined to
record the history of the war in
photographs, Brady organized a team of
professional photographers to follow the
Union army as it fought. The collection of
photos from this enterprise, titled
"The Photographic History of the Civil
War," is considered an important and
stunning record of the war, capturing not
only the glory of the war, but also the
horrible cost of combat. While
considered today as a valuable book, at
the time, his profits from its sale did
not make up for his cost in outfitting his
staff of photojournalists, which cost at
least $100,000 (a very large amount of
money in the 1860s). In addition, a
post-war economic depression cost him many
of his other investments, and, by the time
he died in 1896, he was a poor man,
suffering from alcoholism and loneliness.
Most of Brady's photographs now reside in
the public domain (meaning they belong to
the public, and are not the private
property of any one person or business),
because Congress bought his collection for
$2,840 in 1875. Your
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and Resources Internet
Links: Photo-Seminars.com:
Mathew Brady
--Biography and career summary of the
famous professional photographer of
American history. Photography
at Temple: Mathew
Brady
--Photos and a biographical profile of
the pioneer of Civil War
photography. A
History of
Photography--by
Robert Leggat. Smithsonian
National Portrait Gallery: Mathew
Brady's
Portraits
--Includes a biographical timeline,
essays, photo technique descriptions,
and a collection of portraits by the
American legend of
photography. Sons
of the South: About Mathew
Brady
--Exhibits photographs and a summary of
the life and career of the man
responsible for most of the photographs
made during the Civil War. Spartacus
Education: Mathew
Brady
--Overview of the master of portrait
photography. "The
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the webmaster Personal
Data Role
in the war years: Mathew Brady
recorded the Civil War in an impressive
collection of photographs. Many of the
images used in most books and websites on
the American Civil War are from Brady's
collection. Also, at the time of the war,
his photos enabled civilians on the
homefront to see what the war really
looked like. Brady
is considered the "Father of
Photojournalim." Date
of Birth: 1823 Date
of Death: January 15, 1896 Occupation:
Photographer Post-War:
Professional Photographer, owner of his
own photo gallery World
Biography-More
pages on contemporaries of Mathew
Brady Clara
Barton--
The "Angel of the Battlefield"
who brought nursing care to
wounded soldiers during the Civil
War and later founded the
American Red
Cross. Mathew
Brady--
The "Father of Photojournalism"
whose photos of Civil War
battlefields brought the horrors
of war home to civilians on the
homefront. Dr.
Benjamin
Rush--
Signer of the Declaration of
Independence, member of the
Constitutional Convention, noted
physician and ardent supporter
for the abolition of
slavery. Thomas
Nast-American
political cartoonist. General
George Armstrong
Custer--
Famous American Cavalry officer
who died at the Battle of the
Little Bighorn in
1876. General
Robert E.
Lee--
The commanding general for the
South in the American Civil
War.--New Lorenzo
de Zavala--First
Vice-President of the Republic of
Texas. Site
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Library
of Congress: Mathew B. Brady
--Features a biography, career summary,
and a photo portrait of the American
Civil War photographer.
Pre-War:
Professional Photographer, owner of his
own photo gallery