Alexander Gardner (1) (1821–1882)
Auteur de Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Alexander Gardner, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Library of Congress
Œuvres de Alexander Gardner
Oeuvres associées
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Contributeur — 86 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1821-10-17
- Date de décès
- 1882-12-10
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA (naturalized)
UK (birth) - Lieux de résidence
- Paisley, Scotland, UK (birth)
New York, New York, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Professions
- photographer
businessman
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 7
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 300
- Popularité
- #78,268
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 11
This collection of 100 of Gardner's best photos still produces feelings of terror, sadness, and horror in me that surpass what I feel when I look at photos from any other conflict except, perhaps, those taken in at the German Word War II extermination camps and the aftermath of the Wounded Knee massacre. I need to take them in very small doses.
By like those others, I think it's important to look at these pictures carefully. We must remember that, in the end, this war was fought to end slavery in the United States..
However, even though physical slavery here is no longer possible, we still face race prejudice here, and the enslavement and torture of innocents still exists throughout the world. Until everyone is free, we must all keep reminding ourselves of the sacrifice ending these things has and may still require from many of us.… (plus d'informations)