| Names: | | | Dates: | 1840 - 1882, 14 January | | Born: | Ireland (uncertain) | | Died: | US, NY, New York City | | Active: | US |
He was employed by Mathew Brady during the American Civil War but left to work with Alexander Gardner. He accompanied survey teams into the West and his direct style of landscape photography has left us with a remarkable legacy.
He may have been born in Ireland although at times he claimed he was born in Staten Island, New York.
Stereographs project
Business locations
Washington, DC, US
[5-7] *Major early worker; wide-ranging &
prolific maker of fine views. B. Ireland, 40;
active as early as 58; trained by & and worked
for Mathew Brady; worked under Alexander
Gardner, 62 till end of Civil War; worked with
Armstrong & Co. at some point; D. 82. Photog.
for the King Expedition, 67-70, 72; photog. with
Wheeler Survey, 71, 73-74; "Expeditions of 71,
73-74" series, #'s 1-7, 16-50; "Expedition of
1871", #'s 1-23; "Expeditions of 1873", #'s
1038; "Arizona Series", #'s 1-10, 151; "New
Mexico Series", #'s 12-20; "Colorado River
Series", #'s 26-30, 136-149; "Geological
Series", #'s 32-37; "Indian Series", #'s 40-79;
"Historic Series", #'s 81-87; views of Comstock
Lode Mines, Virginia City, NV; some pub. By Philp and Solomons. SEE James D. Horan,
"Timothy O'Sullivan: America's Forgotten
Photographer, 1966.
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association) |
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The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
• Beaton, Cecil & Buckland, Gail 1975 The Magic Eye: The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Company) p.70 [Useful short biographies with personal asides and one or more example images.]
• Capa, Cornell (ed.) 1984 The International Center of Photography: Encyclopedia of Photography (New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. - A Pound Press Book) p.371-372
• International Center of Photography 1999 Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography Collection (New York: A Bulfinch Press Book) p.224 [Includes a well written short biography on Timothy H. O'Sullivan with example plate(s) earlier in book.]
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press) [Includes a short biography on Timothy H. O'Sullivan.]
• Weaver, Mike (ed.) 1989 The Art of Photography 1839-1989 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press) p.464 [This exhibition catalogue is for the travelling exhibition that went to Houston, Canberra and London in 1989.]
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.205-206 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.]
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