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Photographs From The Mexican-American War(1846-1848): The Birth of War Photography

I would say that the holy grail of photography research would be to find the names of the people who went to Mexico to capture most of these images. As of now, their names are lost to history.

Sources: http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/, http://blogs.archives.gov/prologue/?p=5318, http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/home/, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedro_Vander_Linden.JPG, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daguerreotype_of_the_Mexican_American_War_ca_1847_1848.jpg, http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?182523-The-Very-First-Military-Photos-Mexican-American-War-1846-1848


Added: Jun-24-2012 
By: chubachus
In: Creative
Tags: mexico, mexican, american, war, battle, photographs documentary, amputation, photojournalist,
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