Echoes of the Civil War: Capturing Battlefields through a Pinhole Camera
Nov 2016 · The Countryman Press
Ebook
240
Pages
About this ebook
A fresh and surprising look at the American Civil War through pinhole camera photographs of sesquicentennial battlefield reenactments In 2011, Michael Falco set out to document the American Civil War's 150th anniversary by photographing reenactments of more than 20 major battles—from the First Manassas, Antietam, and Chancellorsville to Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Appomattox. But rather than shooting these historic re-creations in high-definition, Falco opted for a different, older medium: a pinhole camera. This antebellum photographic technology, shot from an on-the-ground perspective, captures these battlefields in a way that feels more “real” and fully realized than even the famous daguerrotypes made during the war itself. In Falco's transporting photographs, the smoke-filled battle reenactments become blurred and dreamlike, echoing the sentiments found in the actual letters and journals of soldiers who fought and died there. Throughout, historical photographs from the period offer context to the modern-day re-creations, showing just how much—or how little—has changed on this hallowed ground. One hundred and fifty years after the last soldier fell, Echoes of the Civil War provides beautiful and compelling evidence of a Civil War landscape that is, literally and metaphorically, still with us.
A fresh and surprising look at the American Civil War through pinhole camera photographs of sesquicentennial battlefield reenactments In 2011, Michael Falco set out to document the American Civil War's 150th anniversary by photographing reenactments of more than 20 major battles—from the First Ma...
Discover more
About the author
Michael Falco is an award-winning photojournalist who lives and works in New York City. A regular contributor to The New York Times and National Geographic, Falco’s previous books include Along Martin Luther King: Travels on Black America’s Main Street. Many of his images are on permanent display in the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and his panoramic work documenting the Fresh Kills Landfill is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Michael Falco is an award-winning photojournalist who lives and works in New York City. A regular contributor to The New York Times and National Geographic, Falco’s previous books include Along Martin Luther King: Travels on Black America’s Main Street. Many of his images are on permanent display...
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
