Mathew Brady, a 19th century pioneer of American photography, was known for both his portraits of celebrities as well as for his searing images of the Civil War. Jeffrey Brown talks to Robert ...

Although "Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation" is billed as a biography, it actually reads as a by-now familiar story of technological innovation and entrepreneurship, parallel in an eerie way to ...

If a photograph is worth a thousand words, certainly pioneering 19th century photographer Mathew Brady deserves a book. Some gaps still exist in Brady's life history. The year of his birth is ...

Photographer Mathew Brady extreme right) with General Robert Brown Potter and his soldiers during the Civil War, circa 1861. Photo: Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images On the outbreak of ...

The Lincoln portion comes from a Jan. 8, 1864, photo-portrait session with noted Civil War photographer Mathew Brady: The cat portion, meanwhile, comes from a stock photograph on the website ...

One of the first Americans to become proficient at photography, Mathew Brady earned eternal fame—and poverty—for documenting the carnage of the Civil War. By 1854, he was already photographing ...

Mathew Brady is known for his Civil War photography and groundbreaking work in the field. Read more about the Civil War at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history ...

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1858 Alice George - Museums Correspondent When presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln arrived at Mathew Brady’s New York City studio to pose for a picture, the pioneering photographer left ...

After his start capturing the horrors of the Civil War for Mathew Brady's studio, 19th century photographer Timothy O'Sullivan uncovered the beauty of the great expanses of the American west Need ...