1) In Ogle Winston’s photos above from his series
American Railroads, he used a 4 x 5 Graphic view camera with black and white
negative film. He took night shots instead of shooting the subjects during the
day because the sun was always in the wrong place. Each of his nighttime photos
took meticulous work as he had to set up lighting.
2) The first two photos both show a train going along on
the tracks with a billow of smoke following it.
There are also people in both which look miniscule when compared to the
size of the train. The first one there is a train on the tracks overhead, and
children playing in the stream below. In the second image shows another train
on the tracks overhead, while some people stand on the sides of the road watching
for it to pass by. In the last photo, many people are standing near the train
at one of the stations. They took look small in comparison to the train in
front of them.
3) Each of the photos in American
railroad are all black and white. They show a timeframe where we relied largely
on locomotion as a means of travel. The photos also give a glimpse of what used
to be as locomotion isn’t as heavily relied on for travel. Through his
nighttime photography of railways, he inspired others to try night photography
as well.
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