Photography

Alexander Gardner (photographer)

Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 – December 10, 1882) was a Scottish-American photographer. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to the United States in 1856, where he began to work full-time in that profession. He is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and of the conspirators and the execution of the participants in the Lincoln assassination plot.

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• ▸Charles Bean
• ▸First They Came for My College
• ▸James Nachtwey

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