The blue and gray in black and white
Subtitle: a history of Civil War photography
By: Bob Zeller.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: War photographers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; War photographers -- United States -- Biography.; Daguerreotype -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Photography -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Art and the war.
Genres: Biography.
Description: A comprehensive narrative history of the Civil War photography including the first combat action photographs, photo essays of news events as they happened, and photos first censored by the federal government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: The era of the American daguerreotype; title: The roots of celebrity; title: The rebels shoot first; title: First efforts in the North; title: Gardner at Antietam; title: Embedded with the troops; title: Gettysburg; title: The dawn of combat photography; title: Photographers on the march; title: The end finally comes; title: The years after the war; title: The journey of the negatives.