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MATHEW B. BRADY’S CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY

1822-1895

BY: JEREMY PHILLIPS

Mathew B. Brady was a famous Civil war Photographer

Mathew B. Brady took many civil war photos of the war and the men that fought in the war.

He took many of the war to show the by standers what those men

have to go through in order to fight in the war.

Mathew B. Brady’s Life

When Brady was sixteen he came to New York.

He took a job as a store clerk. He also studied photography under a

number of teachers, Samuel F.B. Morse.

Brady had found out he was a natural at photography. This photo is of Honest Abe that

was taken by Brady.

Some Of His Photography

This first photo was taken during the Civil war along with the three others, he is one of the Civil war generals.

The photo on the far right taken of a wrecked wagon during the war This photo on the bottom is a picture of many dead men that was left from the

war

Brady He became one of the worlds best photographers of his time He produced many portraits of the famous He opened a photography studio in Washington D.C. He said that “From the first, I regarded myself under obligation to

my country to preserve the faces of the historic men and mothers”

Brady’s Quotes "A spirit in my feet said 'Go', and I went.“ “No one will ever know what I went through to

secure those negatives. The world can never appreciate it. It changed the whole course of my life.”

Mathew Brady

He hired eighteen workers with a full photography van of materials.

He took many pics of Honest Abe.

The Best Photographer of His Time

He was considerably the best photographer of his life time He changed the way that people seen the war His work made the viewers actually feel like they are there

The “B” in His Name The “B in Brady's name stands for The

Best.

His Influence

Brady only had one person that first got him into the idea of photography and that was Samuel F.B Morse

Just some “ol” Photos These are some more of Brady’s most

famous photography work

Brady’s Most Famous Photograph This is a couple of Mathew B. Brady’s

most famous Photography

Feels Like Your Actually There

This photograph is really good example of this

The Video

History Chanel. Impact Of The Civil War

Works Cited

“Mathew B. Brady.” Biographical note. Google.Com Home Page. N.A. 15 Jan. 2000. Web. 19 Mar. 2013

History.com. “Mathew B. Brady.” 1996-`2013, A&E Television Networks,

LLC. N.A. 1991. Web. 19 Mar. 2013