Timothy H. O'Sullivan

(1840-1882)

    Timothy H. O'Sullivan (c. 1840 – January 14, 1882) was an American photographer widely known for his work related to the American Civil War and the Western United States.

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    Projects

    Ancient ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, N.M. In a niche 50 feet above present Cañon bed,1873; Photo by Timothy H. O'Sullivan.
    Wheeler Survey

    Western U.S. landscapes and geological features taken during expeditions from 1871–1873.

    Pontoon Bridge, Across the Rappahannock, May, 1863; Photo by Timothy H. O'Sullivan
    Photographic Sketchbook of the War

    A visual chronicle of the Civil War, created through the collaborative efforts of eleven photographers to preserve pivotal moments of 19th-century American history.

    Books

    Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan

    (Yale University Press, 2010)

    American Frontiers: The Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1867-1874

    (Aperture, 1981)

    One/Many: Western American Survey Photographs by Bell and O'Sullivan

    (Smart Museum of Art, 2006)

    Double Exposure: Resurveying the West with Timothy O'Sullivan, America's Most Mysterious War Photographer

    (Picador, 2025)

    Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War

    (Dover Publications, 1959)

    Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the American Civil War 1861-1865

    (Delano Greenidge Editions, 2002)

    Elevate the Masses: Alexander Gardner, Photography, and Democracy in Nineteenth-Century America

    (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020)