Thursday, January 20, 2011

Timothy O' Sullivan

Timothy O' Sullivan

He was born in New York in 1840. he Learned about photography through Matthew Brady in one of the best known studios in new york. Sullivan was also a photographer for the civil war when it was happening. After he came back from the civil war he became the lead photographer survey of the lands west of the Mississippi river in 1867.  this included the grand canyon, the Colorado river, death valley in California and canyon DE chelly in new Mexico.  Sullivan passed away at the age of 42 in 1882. even thought he passed away his photography still lives and he is know as the one of the best photographers of all time.


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