Thursday, October 4, 2012

Great Black & White photos part 2

Carleton Watkins was born on November 11, 1829 in New York, but later migrated to California during the gold rush. 
found international fame for his award winning photographs of Yosemite, San Francisco, the Pacific coast and subjects throughout the western states. best known for his mammoth plate photographs. 
In late 1854 Watkins met photographer Robert Vance who had a gallery. Watkins began working for Vance and it was here that he learned the photographic techniques and processes that he would perfect during his career. 




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