Timothy O'Sullivan: WebWork #2

Out of the long list of things to choose from I decided to go with Timothy O'Sullivan simply because the name sounded important. Timothy was born in New York in 1804's, and inspired by Matthew Brady, another name that was on our list. He worked in Washington at a studio as an apprentice for Alexander Gardner. When the Civil War started there was a large amount of men that wanted there photos taken in uniform before going in to front-line. July 1861 Matthew Brady went to front-line and witnessed the Bull Run the first big part of the war. When he was there he was almost caught by the enemy. When he returned back home is when he decided that he was going to start doing Civil War photography, and sent out Timothy O'Sullivan and seventeen other photographers. All eighteen men had there own portable dark rooms with them at all times so they were able to process the photos right away. When Timothy was gone is when he was able to capture his Harvest of Death, which consisted of dead bodies laying all over the place at Gettysburg. He also Captured the Dead Boy at Fredericksburg.

Matthew Brady was the one that was taking credit for these photos from all eighteen photographers that he was paying. Timothy finally had enough of it and left Matthew and started up his own photography business. Between 1871 and 1874 he was in Panama and did a series of photographic serves of the united states. In 1880 he was recognized as the chief photographer of the United States Treasury. Shortly after in 1882 Timothy passed away from tuberculosis in Staten Island.