Books
Carleton E. Watkins: Photographer of the American West
(University of New Mexico Press, 1983)
Carleton E. Watkins: Photographs 1861-1874
(Fraenkel Gallery, 1991)
Pioneers of Landscape Photography: Gustave LeGray and Carleton E. Watkins Photographs from the Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum
(Oxford University Press, 1994)
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- William Bell (1830-1910)
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Greenland's frozen landscapes, blending Romantic artistry and scientific precision to document an extraordinary 1869 Arctic expedition.
- George Barnard (1819-1902)
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- Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936)
Year-long exploration of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, capturing seasonal changes and the intersection of nature and human life.
- John Thomson (1837-1921)
Ethnographic and artistic exploration of social and cultural traditions in 19th-century China.