...These photographs allowed people to become familiar with times and spaces that they could not experience directly. American portrait photographer MB Brady, along with Alexander Gardner (1821-82) and others, is said to have exhausted his fortune in the process of taking photographs of the Civil War. Similarly, in early 20th century Paris, E. Atget actively photographed the lives and customs of ordinary Parisians, and this could also be considered a form of documentation of an era. ... From [Bloody]…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. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Gardner, A." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…人々はこれらの写真の記録によって,直接経験できない時間と空間を身近にすることができたのであった。アメリカの肖像写真家であったM.B.ブラディは,アレクサンダー・ガードナーAlexander Gardner(1821‐82)らとともに南北戦争の記録を精力的に撮り,そのため財産を使い果たしたといわれる。また,20世紀初頭のパリではE.アッジェが,パリの庶民の生活や風俗をさかんに撮影していたが,それも一つの時代のドキュメンテーションであったということができるだろう。… 【ブラディ】より…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。… ※「ガードナー,A.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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