John Plumbe

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?
 
John Plumbe, Jr was an entrepreneurial photographer. He was also an early advocate of American transcontinental railroad in the mid 19th century. He established a franchise of photography studios in the 1840's in the U.S.  He created a lithographic process for reproducing photographic images called "plumbeotype"
 
Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).
 
 
I like that he created a lithographic process for reproducing photographic images. Most of his images I see on the site are portraits of people which is ok but I like pictures of nothing that are just interesting to look at more.
 
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