O'Sullivan, T.H.

Japanese: オサリバン,T.H. - おさりばん
O'Sullivan, T.H.

…As soon as the Civil War broke out in 1861, he organized a camera crew and traveled to each front, taking 8,000 wet-plate photographs. Although the photographs were published under Brady's name, many were actually taken by his assistants Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) and Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840-1882). The photographs of the Civil War taken under Brady's design and direction are extremely important as eloquent testimonials of the horrors and glory of war, and as proof of the cold, documentary nature of photography. …

From Muybridge

…It was around this time that he began to take photographs, taking huge wet plate photographs of the landscapes of the Rocky Mountains, including Yosemite Valley. Muybridge's landscape photographs, along with those of his contemporaries Carleton Watkins (1825-1916), William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), and Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840-1982), are famous for recording the landscapes of the American West during the pioneering era. In 1872, at the request of Leland Stanford (former Governor of California), he created a special photosensitive plate and exposure device to settle a controversy over whether a horse's four legs leave the ground when it runs, and succeeded in taking high-speed instantaneous photographs, proving that its four legs leave the ground. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "O'Sullivan, TH" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…61年,南北戦争が勃発するや撮影隊を編成し各戦線に従軍し,湿板法により8000枚もの写真を撮影した。ブラディの名前で発表されたが,実際には助手のガードナーAlexander Gardner(1821‐82)やオサリバンTimothy H.O’Sullivan(1840‐82)によるものが多い。ブラディの企図と指導のもとに撮影された南北戦争の写真は,戦争の悲惨と栄光を雄弁に語るものとして,また写真のもつ冷厳な記録性を証明するものとして非常に重要である。…

【マイブリッジ】より

…このころから写真を始め,ヨセミテ渓谷をはじめとするロッキー山脈の風景を巨大な湿板で撮影した。このマイブリッジの風景写真は,同時代のワトキンスCarleton Watkins(1825‐1916),ジャクソンWilliam Henry Jackson(1843‐1942),オサリバンTimothy H.O’Sullivan(1840‐82)らの写真とともに,開拓時代のアメリカ西部の景観を記録したものとして著名である。また72年,リランド・スタンフォード(元カリフォルニア州知事)の要請で,馬が走るとき4本の足が地上を離れるか否かという動物の運動についての論争に決着をつけるため,特別な感光板と露光装置をつくり高速度瞬間撮影に成功,4本の足が地上を離れることを証明した。…

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