Alexander Gardner

Title: Alexander Gardner (1821-1882), US American photographer    
Artist: Unknown
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Year: 1860
 
Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?
 
 
Alexander was born in Scotland in 1821. He was born Oct 17th 1821 and died in Dec 10th 1882. He was a Scottish photographer that moved to the United States in 1856 when he developed his profession. He is best known for taking pictures of the civil war and of the American president Abraham Lincoln and the execution of the conspirators to Lincolns Assassination.
 
 
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 think it's interesting how he mostly photographed the civil war and Abraham Lincoln. He took really good shots but my question is why he shot a lot of pictures of Abraham Lincoln and of dead people during the civil war. I don't think it's interesting that he shot photographs of a lot of dead people just laying there.
 
 
Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog):Katlin Sievers