Mathew Brady

Title: On the Antietam Battlefield

Artist: Matthew Brady

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Year: 1862



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?



Matthew Brady is an American photographer, best known for documenting the Civil War. By bring his photographic studio right to the battlefield is what earned his place in history. Among his first pictures captured where at the Battle of Antietam. Also his is credited with being the father of photojournalism.



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).



The thing I find interesting about Matthew Brady's pictures is that he captured the destruction of war very well, the pictures of dead corps, wounded men, and stills of the leaders of both Union and Confederates sides. The expressions he captures on the soldiers faces, and the destruction to towns and cities.





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